#8A2418#8A2418

#8A2418 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.139 H 30.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2418
RGB	rgb(138, 36, 24)
HSL	hsl(6, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(6, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 82.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.19, 42.29, 32.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.19, 53.45, 37.70°)
OKLab	oklab(42.3% 0.1202 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(42.3% 0.139 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.2783, 6.7327, 1.5697)
Luminance	0.0673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2418 #187E8A

analogous

#8A1845 #8A2418 #8A5D18

triadic

#8A2418 #188A24 #24188A

tetradic

#8A2418 #458A18 #187E8A #5D188A

square

#8A2418 #458A18 #187E8A #5D188A

split-complementary

#8A2418 #188A5D #18458A

monochromatic

#220906 #56160F #8A2418 #BE3221 #DE503F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.95

#8A2418 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8A2418 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2418

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2418	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2418	1.00	8.95	2.35	8.95
#FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433B16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5213

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2418;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 36, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.139 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46656',
    500: '#8a2418',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2418;
$custom-light: #b46656;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2418",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.316,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42303,
    "c": 0.13932,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2418

secondary

#40B0BD

accent

#DAED3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2418

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

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