#8A2414#8A2414

#8A2414 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.140 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2414
RGB	rgb(138, 36, 20)
HSL	hsl(8, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(8, 86%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 85.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.15, 42.17, 34.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.15, 54.69, 39.55°)
OKLab	oklab(42.26% 0.119 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(42.26% 0.14 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.2397, 6.7173, 1.3664)
Luminance	0.0672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2414 #147A8A

analogous

#8A143F #8A2414 #8A5F14

triadic

#8A2414 #148A24 #24148A

tetradic

#8A2414 #3F8A14 #147A8A #5F148A

square

#8A2414 #3F8A14 #147A8A #5F148A

split-complementary

#8A2414 #148A5F #143F8A

monochromatic

#1F0805 #55160C #8A2414 #BF321C #E24E36

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.96

#8A2414 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8A2414 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2414

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2414	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2414	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)

#433B11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C520E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2414;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 36, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.140 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56653',
    500: '#8a2414',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2414;
$custom-light: #b56653;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2414",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.136,
    "s": 74.684,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42264,
    "c": 0.13997,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2414

secondary

#3CACBE

accent

#D8F136

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2414

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

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