#8A251D#8A251D

#8A251D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.138 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A251D
RGB	rgb(138, 37, 29)
HSL	hsl(4, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(4, 79%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 79%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.39, 42.08, 30.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.39, 51.69, 35.50°)
OKLab	oklab(42.47% 0.1206 0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(42.47% 0.138 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.3659, 6.8169, 1.8795)
Luminance	0.0682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A251D #1D828A

analogous

#8A1D4B #8A251D #8A5C1D

triadic

#8A251D #1D8A25 #251D8A

tetradic

#8A251D #4B8A1D #1D828A #5C1D8A

square

#8A251D #4B8A1D #1D828A #5C1D8A

split-complementary

#8A251D #1D8A5C #1D4B8A

monochromatic

#250A08 #571712 #8A251D #BD3328 #D95349

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.89

#8A251D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8A251D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A251D

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A251D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A251D	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)

#433C1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5219

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a251d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 37, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.138 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4675a',
    500: '#8a251d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a251d;
$custom-light: #b4675a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a251d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.404,
    "s": 65.269,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42466,
    "c": 0.13758,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A251D

secondary

#48B2BB

accent

#DCE840

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A251D

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

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