#8A212A#8A212A

#8A212A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.140 H 21.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A212A
RGB	rgb(138, 33, 42)
HSL	hsl(355, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(355, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 69.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.02, 44.23, 21.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.02, 49.19, 25.95°)
OKLab	oklab(42.25% 0.1303 0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(42.25% 0.14 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.4443, 6.6599, 2.8729)
Luminance	0.0666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A212A #218A81

analogous

#8A215E #8A212A #8A4C21

triadic

#8A212A #2A8A21 #212A8A

tetradic

#8A212A #5E8A21 #218A81 #4C218A

square

#8A212A #5E8A21 #218A81 #4C218A

split-complementary

#8A212A #218A4C #215E8A

monochromatic

#27090C #59151B #8A212A #BB2D39 #D5505C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.01

#8A212A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8A212A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A212A

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A212A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A212A	1.00	9.01	2.33	9.01
#FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3B29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a212a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 33, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.140 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36563',
    500: '#8a212a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a212a;
$custom-light: #b36563;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a212a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.857,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42251,
    "c": 0.13973,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A212A

secondary

#4EB9AF

accent

#E5D743

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A212A

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

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