#8A281E#8A281E

#8A281E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.135 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A281E
RGB	rgb(138, 40, 30)
HSL	hsl(6, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(6, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 78.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.84, 40.90, 29.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.84, 50.67, 36.18°)
OKLab	oklab(42.81% 0.1171 0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(42.81% 0.135 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.4757, 7.0163, 1.9781)
Luminance	0.0702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A281E #1E808A

analogous

#8A1E4A #8A281E #8A5E1E

triadic

#8A281E #1E8A28 #281E8A

tetradic

#8A281E #4A8A1E #1E808A #5E1E8A

square

#8A281E #4A8A1E #1E808A #5E1E8A

split-complementary

#8A281E #1E8A5E #1E4A8A

monochromatic

#250B08 #581913 #8A281E #BC3729 #D8584B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.74

#8A281E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8A281E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A281E

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A281E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A281E	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)

#443D1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D531A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980626

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a281e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 40, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.135 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4685a',
    500: '#8a281e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a281e;
$custom-light: #b4685a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a281e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.556,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42812,
    "c": 0.13457,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A281E

secondary

#4AB0BA

accent

#D8E741

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A281E

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