#8A281D#8A281D

#8A281D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.135 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A281D
RGB	rgb(138, 40, 29)
HSL	hsl(6, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(6, 79%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 79%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.83, 40.86, 30.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.83, 50.98, 36.73°)
OKLab	oklab(42.8% 0.1168 0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(42.8% 0.135 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.4631, 7.0113, 1.9119)
Luminance	0.0701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A281D #1D7F8A

analogous

#8A1D48 #8A281D #8A5E1D

triadic

#8A281D #1D8A28 #281D8A

tetradic

#8A281D #488A1D #1D7F8A #5E1D8A

square

#8A281D #488A1D #1D7F8A #5E1D8A

split-complementary

#8A281D #1D8A5E #1D488A

monochromatic

#250B08 #571912 #8A281D #BD3728 #D95749

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.74

#8A281D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8A281D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A281D

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A281D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A281D	1.00	8.74	2.40	8.74
#FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443D1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5319

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980526

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a281d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 40, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.135 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4685a',
    500: '#8a281d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a281d;
$custom-light: #b4685a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a281d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.055,
    "s": 65.269,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.428,
    "c": 0.13475,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A281D

secondary

#48AFBB

accent

#D7E840

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A281D

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

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