#8A281F#8A281F

#8A281F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.134 H 29.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A281F
RGB	rgb(138, 40, 31)
HSL	hsl(5, 63%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(5, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 77.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.86, 40.94, 29.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.86, 50.37, 35.62°)
OKLab	oklab(42.83% 0.1175 0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(42.83% 0.134 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.4886, 7.0215, 2.0464)
Luminance	0.0702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A281F #1F818A

analogous

#8A1F4B #8A281F #8A5D1F

triadic

#8A281F #1F8A28 #281F8A

tetradic

#8A281F #4B8A1F #1F818A #5D1F8A

square

#8A281F #4B8A1F #1F818A #5D1F8A

split-complementary

#8A281F #1F8A5D #1F4B8A

monochromatic

#260B09 #581A14 #8A281F #BC362A #D7584C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.74

#8A281F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8A281F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A281F

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A281F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A281F	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)

#443D1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D531B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980627

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a281f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 40, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.134 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4685b',
    500: '#8a281f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a281f;
$custom-light: #b4685b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a281f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.047,
    "s": 63.314,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42825,
    "c": 0.13439,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A281F

secondary

#4BB0BA

accent

#D8E641

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A281F

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

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