#8A251B#8A251B

#8A251B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.138 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A251B
RGB	rgb(138, 37, 27)
HSL	hsl(5, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(5, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 80.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.36, 42.01, 31.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.36, 52.30, 36.57°)
OKLab	oklab(42.44% 0.1199 0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(42.44% 0.138 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.3420, 6.8073, 1.7534)
Luminance	0.0681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A251B #1B808A

analogous

#8A1B49 #8A251B #8A5C1B

triadic

#8A251B #1B8A25 #251B8A

tetradic

#8A251B #498A1B #1B808A #5C1B8A

square

#8A251B #498A1B #1B808A #5C1B8A

split-complementary

#8A251B #1B8A5C #1B498A

monochromatic

#240A07 #571711 #8A251B #BD3325 #DB5245

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.89

#8A251B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8A251B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A251B

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A251B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A251B	1.00	8.89	2.36	8.89
#FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5217

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a251b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 37, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.138 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46758',
    500: '#8a251b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a251b;
$custom-light: #b46758;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a251b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.405,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42442,
    "c": 0.13791,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A251B

secondary

#45B1BC

accent

#DBEA3E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A251B

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

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