#8A212B#8A212B

#8A212B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.140 H 20.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A212B
RGB	rgb(138, 33, 43)
HSL	hsl(354, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(354, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 68.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.04, 44.29, 20.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.04, 48.97, 25.27°)
OKLab	oklab(42.27% 0.1307 0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(42.27% 0.14 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.4624, 6.6671, 2.9684)
Luminance	0.0667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A212B #218A80

analogous

#8A215F #8A212B #8A4B21

triadic

#8A212B #2B8A21 #212B8A

tetradic

#8A212B #5F8A21 #218A80 #4B218A

square

#8A212B #5F8A21 #218A80 #4B218A

split-complementary

#8A212B #218A4B #215F8A

monochromatic

#27090C #59151C #8A212B #BB2D3A #D5505D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#8A212B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8A212B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A212B

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A212B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A212B	1.00	9.00	2.33	9.00
#FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a212b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 33, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.140 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36564',
    500: '#8a212b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a212b;
$custom-light: #b36564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a212b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.286,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42269,
    "c": 0.13966,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A212B

secondary

#4EB9AE

accent

#E5D543

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A212B

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

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