#8A241A#8A241A

#8A241A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.139 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A241A
RGB	rgb(138, 36, 26)
HSL	hsl(5, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(5, 81%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 81.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.21, 42.36, 31.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.21, 52.83, 36.70°)
OKLab	oklab(42.32% 0.1208 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(42.32% 0.139 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.2999, 6.7414, 1.6833)
Luminance	0.0674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A241A #1A808A

analogous

#8A1A48 #8A241A #8A5C1A

triadic

#8A241A #1A8A24 #241A8A

tetradic

#8A241A #488A1A #1A808A #5C1A8A

square

#8A241A #488A1A #1A808A #5C1A8A

split-complementary

#8A241A #1A8A5C #1A488A

monochromatic

#230907 #571710 #8A241A #BD3124 #DC5043

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#8A241A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8A241A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A241A

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A241A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A241A	1.00	8.94	2.35	8.94
#FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423B18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5216

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a241a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 36, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.139 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46657',
    500: '#8a241a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a241a;
$custom-light: #b46657;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a241a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.357,
    "s": 68.293,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42324,
    "c": 0.13899,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A241A

secondary

#43B2BD

accent

#DCEB3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A241A

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

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