#8A212D#8A212D

#8A212D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.140 H 19.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A212D
RGB	rgb(138, 33, 45)
HSL	hsl(353, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(353, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 67.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.07, 44.40, 19.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.07, 48.56, 23.88°)
OKLab	oklab(42.31% 0.1315 0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(42.31% 0.14 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.5000, 6.6822, 3.1664)
Luminance	0.0668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A212D #218A7E

analogous

#8A2161 #8A212D #8A4921

triadic

#8A212D #2D8A21 #212D8A

tetradic

#8A212D #618A21 #218A7E #49218A

square

#8A212D #618A21 #218A7E #49218A

split-complementary

#8A212D #218A49 #21618A

monochromatic

#27090D #59151D #8A212D #BB2D3D #D5505F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.99

#8A212D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8A212D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A212D

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A212D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A212D	1.00	8.99	2.34	8.99
#FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3B2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59512A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a212d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 33, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.140 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36565',
    500: '#8a212d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a212d;
$custom-light: #b36565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a212d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.143,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42307,
    "c": 0.13955,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A212D

secondary

#4EB9AC

accent

#E5D243

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A212D

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

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