#8A2318#8A2318

#8A2318 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.140 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2318
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 24)
HSL	hsl(6, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(6, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 82.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.05, 42.68, 32.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.05, 53.67, 37.33°)
OKLab	oklab(42.2% 0.1214 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(42.2% 0.14 30)
XYZ	xyz(11.2485, 6.6730, 1.5597)
Luminance	0.0667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2318 #187F8A

analogous

#8A1846 #8A2318 #8A5C18

triadic

#8A2318 #188A23 #23188A

tetradic

#8A2318 #468A18 #187F8A #5C188A

square

#8A2318 #468A18 #187F8A #5C188A

split-complementary

#8A2318 #188A5C #18468A

monochromatic

#220906 #56160F #8A2318 #BE3021 #DE4E3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#8A2318 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8A2318 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2318

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2318	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2318	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)

#423B16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5113

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2318;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.140 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46656',
    500: '#8a2318',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2318;
$custom-light: #b46656;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2318",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.789,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42198,
    "c": 0.14021,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.06671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2318

secondary

#40B1BD

accent

#DCED3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2318

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

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