#8A251A#8A251A

#8A251A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.138 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A251A
RGB	rgb(138, 37, 26)
HSL	hsl(6, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(6, 81%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 81.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.35, 41.97, 31.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.35, 52.61, 37.08°)
OKLab	oklab(42.43% 0.1196 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(42.43% 0.138 30)
XYZ	xyz(11.3306, 6.8027, 1.6935)
Luminance	0.0680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A251A #1A7F8A

analogous

#8A1A47 #8A251A #8A5D1A

triadic

#8A251A #1A8A25 #251A8A

tetradic

#8A251A #478A1A #1A7F8A #5D1A8A

square

#8A251A #478A1A #1A7F8A #5D1A8A

split-complementary

#8A251A #1A8A5D #1A478A

monochromatic

#230907 #571710 #8A251A #BD3324 #DC5243

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#8A251A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8A251A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A251A

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A251A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A251A	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433C18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5216

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a251a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 37, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.138 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46757',
    500: '#8a251a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a251a;
$custom-light: #b46757;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a251a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.893,
    "s": 68.293,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42431,
    "c": 0.13808,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.06801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A251A

secondary

#43B1BD

accent

#DAEB3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A251A

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

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