#8A231D#8A231D

#8A231D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.139 H 28.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A231D
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 29)
HSL	hsl(3, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(3, 79%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 79%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.10, 42.86, 29.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.10, 52.15, 34.73°)
OKLab	oklab(42.26% 0.123 0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(42.26% 0.139 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.3054, 6.6958, 1.8593)
Luminance	0.0669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A231D #1D848A

analogous

#8A1D4D #8A231D #8A5A1D

triadic

#8A231D #1D8A23 #231D8A

tetradic

#8A231D #4D8A1D #1D848A #5A1D8A

square

#8A231D #4D8A1D #1D848A #5A1D8A

split-complementary

#8A231D #1D8A5A #1D4D8A

monochromatic

#250908 #571612 #8A231D #BD3028 #D95149

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#8A231D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8A231D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A231D

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A231D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A231D	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)

#423B1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5119

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a231d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.139 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46659',
    500: '#8a231d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a231d;
$custom-light: #b46659;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a231d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.303,
    "s": 65.269,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42255,
    "c": 0.13942,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A231D

secondary

#48B4BB

accent

#DFE840

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A231D

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

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