#8A291B#8A291B

#8A291B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.134 H 31.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A291B
RGB	rgb(138, 41, 27)
HSL	hsl(8, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(8, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.3%, 80.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.97, 40.36, 31.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.97, 51.37, 38.22°)
OKLab	oklab(42.89% 0.1148 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(42.89% 0.134 31.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.4733, 7.0700, 1.7972)
Luminance	0.0707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A291B #1B7C8A

analogous

#8A1B44 #8A291B #8A611B

triadic

#8A291B #1B8A29 #291B8A

tetradic

#8A291B #448A1B #1B7C8A #611B8A

square

#8A291B #448A1B #1B7C8A #611B8A

split-complementary

#8A291B #1B8A61 #1B448A

monochromatic

#240B07 #571A11 #8A291B #BD3825 #DB5845

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#8A291B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8A291B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A291B

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A291B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A291B	1.00	8.70	2.41	8.70
#FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453E19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5317

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980827

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a291b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 41, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.134 31.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46958',
    500: '#8a291b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a291b;
$custom-light: #b46958;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a291b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.568,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42893,
    "c": 0.13416,
    "h": 31.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A291B

secondary

#45ADBC

accent

#D4EA3E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A291B

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

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