#8A2127#8A2127

#8A2127 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.140 H 22.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2127
RGB	rgb(138, 33, 39)
HSL	hsl(357, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(357, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 71.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.97, 44.07, 23.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.97, 49.89, 27.96°)
OKLab	oklab(42.2% 0.1291 0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(42.2% 0.14 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.3926, 6.6392, 2.6007)
Luminance	0.0664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2127 #218A84

analogous

#8A215B #8A2127 #8A4F21

triadic

#8A2127 #278A21 #21278A

tetradic

#8A2127 #5B8A21 #218A84 #4F218A

square

#8A2127 #5B8A21 #218A84 #4F218A

split-complementary

#8A2127 #218A4F #215B8A

monochromatic

#27090B #591519 #8A2127 #BB2D35 #D55058

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.02

#8A2127 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8A2127 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2127

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2127	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2127	1.00	9.02	2.33	9.02
#FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403B26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5124

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2127;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 33, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.140 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36561',
    500: '#8a2127',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2127;
$custom-light: #b36561;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2127",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.571,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42199,
    "c": 0.13997,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2127

secondary

#4EB9B2

accent

#E5DB43

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2127

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

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