#8A231C#8A231C

#8A231C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.140 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A231C
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 28)
HSL	hsl(4, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(4, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 79.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.09, 42.82, 30.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.09, 52.45, 35.27°)
OKLab	oklab(42.24% 0.1227 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(42.24% 0.14 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.2932, 6.6909, 1.7952)
Luminance	0.0669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A231C #1C838A

analogous

#8A1C4C #8A231C #8A5A1C

triadic

#8A231C #1C8A23 #231C8A

tetradic

#8A231C #4C8A1C #1C838A #5A1C8A

square

#8A231C #4C8A1C #1C838A #5A1C8A

split-complementary

#8A231C #1C8A5A #1C4C8A

monochromatic

#240907 #571612 #8A231C #BD3026 #DA5047

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#8A231C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8A231C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A231C

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A231C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A231C	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423B1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5118

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a231c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.140 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46659',
    500: '#8a231c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a231c;
$custom-light: #b46659;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a231c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.818,
    "s": 66.265,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42243,
    "c": 0.13957,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A231C

secondary

#46B4BB

accent

#DEE93F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A231C

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

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