#8A291E#8A291E

#8A291E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.134 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A291E
RGB	rgb(138, 41, 30)
HSL	hsl(6, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(6, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.3%, 78.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.00, 40.48, 30.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.00, 50.43, 36.62°)
OKLab	oklab(42.93% 0.1158 0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(42.93% 0.134 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.5098, 7.0846, 1.9895)
Luminance	0.0708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A291E #1E7F8A

analogous

#8A1E49 #8A291E #8A5F1E

triadic

#8A291E #1E8A29 #291E8A

tetradic

#8A291E #498A1E #1E7F8A #5F1E8A

square

#8A291E #498A1E #1E7F8A #5F1E8A

split-complementary

#8A291E #1E8A5F #1E498A

monochromatic

#250B08 #581A13 #8A291E #BC3829 #D8594B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.69

#8A291E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8A291E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A291E

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A291E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A291E	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)

#453E1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D531A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980927

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a291e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 41, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.134 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4695a',
    500: '#8a291e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a291e;
$custom-light: #b4695a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a291e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.111,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42928,
    "c": 0.1336,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A291E

secondary

#4AAFBA

accent

#D6E741

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A291E

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

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