#8A231F#8A231F

#8A231F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.139 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A231F
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 31)
HSL	hsl(2, 63%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(2, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 77.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.13, 42.94, 28.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.13, 51.56, 33.61°)
OKLab	oklab(42.28% 0.1237 0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(42.28% 0.139 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.3309, 6.7060, 1.9938)
Luminance	0.0670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A231F #1F868A

analogous

#8A1F50 #8A231F #8A581F

triadic

#8A231F #1F8A23 #231F8A

tetradic

#8A231F #508A1F #1F868A #581F8A

square

#8A231F #508A1F #1F868A #581F8A

split-complementary

#8A231F #1F8A58 #1F508A

monochromatic

#260A09 #581614 #8A231F #BC302A #D7524C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.97

#8A231F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8A231F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A231F

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A231F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A231F	1.00	8.97	2.34	8.97
#FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413B1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B511B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a231f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.139 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4665b',
    500: '#8a231f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a231f;
$custom-light: #b4665b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a231f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.243,
    "s": 63.314,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42281,
    "c": 0.13911,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A231F

secondary

#4BB5BA

accent

#E0E641

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A231F

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

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