#8A2126#8A2126

#8A2126 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.140 H 23.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2126
RGB	rgb(138, 33, 38)
HSL	hsl(357, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(357, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 72.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.96, 44.01, 24.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.96, 50.13, 28.61°)
OKLab	oklab(42.18% 0.1287 0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(42.18% 0.14 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.3762, 6.6327, 2.5146)
Luminance	0.0663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2126 #218A85

analogous

#8A215A #8A2126 #8A5021

triadic

#8A2126 #268A21 #21268A

tetradic

#8A2126 #5A8A21 #218A85 #50218A

square

#8A2126 #5A8A21 #218A85 #50218A

split-complementary

#8A2126 #218A50 #215A8A

monochromatic

#27090B #591518 #8A2126 #BB2D34 #D55057

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.03

#8A2126 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8A2126 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2126

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2126	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2126	1.00	9.03	2.33	9.03
#FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403A25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5123

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2126;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 33, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.140 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46560',
    500: '#8a2126',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2126;
$custom-light: #b46560;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2126",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.143,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42183,
    "c": 0.14007,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2126

secondary

#4EB9B3

accent

#E5DD43

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2126

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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