#8A291F#8A291F

#8A291F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.133 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A291F
RGB	rgb(138, 41, 31)
HSL	hsl(6, 63%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(6, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.3%, 77.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.01, 40.52, 29.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.01, 50.12, 36.06°)
OKLab	oklab(42.94% 0.1161 0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(42.94% 0.133 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.5228, 7.0898, 2.0578)
Luminance	0.0709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A291F #1F808A

analogous

#8A1F4B #8A291F #8A5E1F

triadic

#8A291F #1F8A29 #291F8A

tetradic

#8A291F #4B8A1F #1F808A #5E1F8A

square

#8A291F #4B8A1F #1F808A #5E1F8A

split-complementary

#8A291F #1F8A5E #1F4B8A

monochromatic

#260B09 #581A14 #8A291F #BC382A #D7594C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.69

#8A291F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8A291F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A291F

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A291F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A291F	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)

#453E1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D531B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980927

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a291f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 41, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.133 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4695b',
    500: '#8a291f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a291f;
$custom-light: #b4695b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a291f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.607,
    "s": 63.314,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42941,
    "c": 0.13341,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A291F

secondary

#4BAFBA

accent

#D7E641

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A291F

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

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