#8A2315#8A2315

#8A2315 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.141 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2315
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 21)
HSL	hsl(7, 74%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(7, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 84.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.02, 42.58, 34.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.02, 54.60, 38.75°)
OKLab	oklab(42.17% 0.1205 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(42.17% 0.141 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.2190, 6.6612, 1.4043)
Luminance	0.0666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2315 #157C8A

analogous

#8A1541 #8A2315 #8A5D15

triadic

#8A2315 #158A23 #23158A

tetradic

#8A2315 #418A15 #157C8A #5D158A

square

#8A2315 #418A15 #157C8A #5D158A

split-complementary

#8A2315 #158A5D #15418A

monochromatic

#200805 #55160D #8A2315 #BF301D #E14D39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.01

#8A2315 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8A2315 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2315

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2315	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2315	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)

#423B12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5110

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2315;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.141 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56654',
    500: '#8a2315',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2315;
$custom-light: #b56654;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2315",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.179,
    "s": 73.585,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42169,
    "c": 0.14068,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2315

secondary

#3DAFBE

accent

#DAF038

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2315

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

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