#8A281C#8A281C

#8A281C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.135 H 30.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A281C
RGB	rgb(138, 40, 28)
HSL	hsl(7, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(7, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 79.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.82, 40.82, 31.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.82, 51.29, 37.26°)
OKLab	oklab(42.79% 0.1164 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(42.79% 0.135 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.4509, 7.0064, 1.8478)
Luminance	0.0701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A281C #1C7E8A

analogous

#8A1C47 #8A281C #8A5F1C

triadic

#8A281C #1C8A28 #281C8A

tetradic

#8A281C #478A1C #1C7E8A #5F1C8A

square

#8A281C #478A1C #1C7E8A #5F1C8A

split-complementary

#8A281C #1C8A5F #1C478A

monochromatic

#240B07 #571912 #8A281C #BD3726 #DA5747

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.75

#8A281C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8A281C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A281C

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A281C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A281C	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)

#453D1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5318

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980526

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a281c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 40, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.135 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46859',
    500: '#8a281c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a281c;
$custom-light: #b46859;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a281c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.545,
    "s": 66.265,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42788,
    "c": 0.13493,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A281C

secondary

#46AFBB

accent

#D7E93F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120603

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A281C

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

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