#8A291D#8A291D

#8A291D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.134 H 30.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A291D
RGB	rgb(138, 41, 29)
HSL	hsl(7, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(7, 79%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.3%, 79%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.99, 40.44, 30.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.99, 50.74, 37.16°)
OKLab	oklab(42.92% 0.1154 0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(42.92% 0.134 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.4972, 7.0796, 1.9233)
Luminance	0.0708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A291D #1D7E8A

analogous

#8A1D47 #8A291D #8A601D

triadic

#8A291D #1D8A29 #291D8A

tetradic

#8A291D #478A1D #1D7E8A #601D8A

square

#8A291D #478A1D #1D7E8A #601D8A

split-complementary

#8A291D #1D8A60 #1D478A

monochromatic

#250B08 #571A12 #8A291D #BD3828 #D95949

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.69

#8A291D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8A291D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A291D

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A291D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A291D	1.00	8.69	2.42	8.69
#FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453E1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5319

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980827

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a291d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 41, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.134 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4695a',
    500: '#8a291d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a291d;
$custom-light: #b4695a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a291d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.606,
    "s": 65.269,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42916,
    "c": 0.13379,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A291D

secondary

#48AEBB

accent

#D6E840

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A291D

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

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