#8A281B#8A281B

#8A281B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.135 H 30.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A281B
RGB	rgb(138, 40, 27)
HSL	hsl(7, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(7, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 80.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.81, 40.78, 31.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.81, 51.60, 37.79°)
OKLab	oklab(42.78% 0.1161 0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(42.78% 0.135 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.4392, 7.0017, 1.7858)
Luminance	0.0700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A281B #1B7D8A

analogous

#8A1B46 #8A281B #8A601B

triadic

#8A281B #1B8A28 #281B8A

tetradic

#8A281B #468A1B #1B7D8A #601B8A

square

#8A281B #468A1B #1B7D8A #601B8A

split-complementary

#8A281B #1B8A60 #1B468A

monochromatic

#240A07 #571911 #8A281B #BD3725 #DB5645

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.75

#8A281B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8A281B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A281B

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A281B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A281B	1.00	8.75	2.40	8.75
#FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453D19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5317

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980526

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a281b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 40, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.135 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46858',
    500: '#8a281b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a281b;
$custom-light: #b46858;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a281b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.027,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42777,
    "c": 0.13511,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A281B

secondary

#45AEBC

accent

#D6EA3E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A281B

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

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