#8A241B#8A241B

#8A241B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.139 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A241B
RGB	rgb(138, 36, 27)
HSL	hsl(5, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(5, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 80.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.22, 42.40, 31.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.22, 52.53, 36.18°)
OKLab	oklab(42.34% 0.1212 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(42.34% 0.139 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.3113, 6.7459, 1.7432)
Luminance	0.0674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A241B #1B818A

analogous

#8A1B49 #8A241B #8A5C1B

triadic

#8A241B #1B8A24 #241B8A

tetradic

#8A241B #498A1B #1B818A #5C1B8A

square

#8A241B #498A1B #1B818A #5C1B8A

split-complementary

#8A241B #1B8A5C #1B498A

monochromatic

#240907 #571711 #8A241B #BD3125 #DB5145

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#8A241B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8A241B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A241B

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A241B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A241B	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)

#423B19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5217

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a241b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 36, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.139 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46658',
    500: '#8a241b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a241b;
$custom-light: #b46658;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a241b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.865,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42336,
    "c": 0.13883,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A241B

secondary

#45B2BC

accent

#DCEA3E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A241B

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

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