#8A212C#8A212C

#8A212C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.140 H 20.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A212C
RGB	rgb(138, 33, 44)
HSL	hsl(354, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(354, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 68.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.05, 44.34, 20.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.05, 48.76, 24.58°)
OKLab	oklab(42.29% 0.1311 0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(42.29% 0.14 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.4810, 6.6746, 3.0662)
Luminance	0.0667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A212C #218A7F

analogous

#8A2160 #8A212C #8A4A21

triadic

#8A212C #2C8A21 #212C8A

tetradic

#8A212C #608A21 #218A7F #4A218A

square

#8A212C #608A21 #218A7F #4A218A

split-complementary

#8A212C #218A4A #21608A

monochromatic

#27090D #59151C #8A212C #BB2D3C #D5505E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#8A212C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8A212C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A212C

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A212C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A212C	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)

#3F3B2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a212c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 33, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.140 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36565',
    500: '#8a212c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a212c;
$custom-light: #b36565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a212c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.714,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42288,
    "c": 0.1396,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A212C

secondary

#4EB9AD

accent

#E5D443

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A212C

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

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