#8A2128#8A2128

#8A2128 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.140 H 22.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2128
RGB	rgb(138, 33, 40)
HSL	hsl(356, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(356, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 71%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.99, 44.12, 22.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.99, 49.65, 27.30°)
OKLab	oklab(42.22% 0.1295 0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(42.22% 0.14 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.4094, 6.6459, 2.6891)
Luminance	0.0664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2128 #218A83

analogous

#8A215C #8A2128 #8A4E21

triadic

#8A2128 #288A21 #21288A

tetradic

#8A2128 #5C8A21 #218A83 #4E218A

square

#8A2128 #5C8A21 #218A83 #4E218A

split-complementary

#8A2128 #218A4E #215C8A

monochromatic

#27090B #59151A #8A2128 #BB2D36 #D55059

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.02

#8A2128 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8A2128 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2128

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2128	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2128	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)

#3F3B27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5125

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2128;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 33, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.140 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36562',
    500: '#8a2128',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2128;
$custom-light: #b36562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2128",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42216,
    "c": 0.13988,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2128

secondary

#4EB9B1

accent

#E5DA43

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2128

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

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