#8A251F#8A251F

#8A251F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.137 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A251F
RGB	rgb(138, 37, 31)
HSL	hsl(3, 63%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(3, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 77.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.41, 42.16, 28.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.41, 51.09, 34.38°)
OKLab	oklab(42.49% 0.1213 0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(42.49% 0.137 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.3914, 6.8271, 2.0140)
Luminance	0.0683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A251F #1F848A

analogous

#8A1F4F #8A251F #8A5A1F

triadic

#8A251F #1F8A25 #251F8A

tetradic

#8A251F #4F8A1F #1F848A #5A1F8A

square

#8A251F #4F8A1F #1F848A #5A1F8A

split-complementary

#8A251F #1F8A5A #1F4F8A

monochromatic

#260A09 #581814 #8A251F #BC322A #D7544C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.88

#8A251F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8A251F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A251F

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A251F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A251F	1.00	8.88	2.37	8.88
#FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433C1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C521B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a251f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 37, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.137 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4675b',
    500: '#8a251f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a251f;
$custom-light: #b4675b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a251f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.364,
    "s": 63.314,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42491,
    "c": 0.13725,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A251F

secondary

#4BB3BA

accent

#DDE641

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A251F

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

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