#8A2918#8A2918

#8A2918 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.135 H 32.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2918
RGB	rgb(138, 41, 24)
HSL	hsl(9, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(9, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.3%, 82.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.94, 40.25, 33.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.94, 52.32, 39.70°)
OKLab	oklab(42.86% 0.1138 0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(42.86% 0.135 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.4404, 7.0568, 1.6237)
Luminance	0.0706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2918 #18798A

analogous

#8A1840 #8A2918 #8A6218

triadic

#8A2918 #188A29 #29188A

tetradic

#8A2918 #408A18 #18798A #62188A

square

#8A2918 #408A18 #18798A #62188A

split-complementary

#8A2918 #188A62 #18408A

monochromatic

#220A06 #561A0F #8A2918 #BE3821 #DE563F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.71

#8A2918 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8A2918 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2918

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2918	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2918	1.00	8.71	2.41	8.71
#FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453E15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5314

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980726

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2918;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 41, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.135 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46956',
    500: '#8a2918',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2918;
$custom-light: #b46956;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2918",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.947,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42861,
    "c": 0.13473,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2918

secondary

#40ABBD

accent

#D3ED3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2918

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

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