#8A2321#8A2321

#8A2321 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.139 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2321
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 33)
HSL	hsl(1, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(1, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.15, 43.03, 27.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.15, 50.99, 32.44°)
OKLab	oklab(42.31% 0.1245 0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(42.31% 0.139 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.3581, 6.7169, 2.1370)
Luminance	0.0672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2321 #21888A

analogous

#8A2153 #8A2321 #8A5721

triadic

#8A2321 #218A23 #23218A

tetradic

#8A2321 #538A21 #21888A #57218A

square

#8A2321 #538A21 #21888A #57218A

split-complementary

#8A2321 #218A57 #21538A

monochromatic

#270A09 #591615 #8A2321 #BB302D #D55350

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.96

#8A2321 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8A2321 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2321

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2321	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2321	1.00	8.96	2.34	8.96
#FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413B20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B511D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2321;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.139 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4665c',
    500: '#8a2321',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2321;
$custom-light: #b4665c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2321",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.143,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42308,
    "c": 0.13883,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2321

secondary

#4EB7B9

accent

#E1E543

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2321

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

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