#8a1e12

Color #8a1e12

A vivid, highly saturated dark red.

Closest named color Maroon #800000 · ΔE 6.75 Nearest Tailwind class red-900 #82181a · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8a1e12

RGB

rgb(138, 30, 18)

HSL

hsl(6, 76.9%, 30.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(6, 87%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 78.3%, 87%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(30.34, 44.31, 35.14)

LCH

lch(30.34, 56.55, 38.42)

OKLCH

oklch(41.7%, 0.1453, 30.4)

HWB

hwb(6, 7.1%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#127e8a

Analogous

#8a1242

#8a1e12

#8a5a12

Triadic

#8a1e12

#128a1e

#1e128a

Split-complementary

#8a1e12

#128a5a

#12428a

Tetradic

#8a1e12

#7e8a12

#127e8a

#1e128a

Square

#8a1e12

#428a12

#127e8a

#5a128a

Shades

Color #8a1e12 mixed toward black.

#73190f

#5c140c

#450f09

#2e0a06

#170503

Tints

Color #8a1e12 mixed toward white.

#be2919

#e4402e

#eb7062

#f1a097

#f8cfcb

Tones

Color #8a1e12 mixed toward gray.

#80261c

#762e26

#6c3630

#623e3a

#584644

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.28:1

White text reads better on this background (9.23:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6c6b15 · ΔE 39.4

Deuteranopia

#717616 · ΔE 43.2

Tritanopia

#871818 · ΔE 3

Achromatopsia

#474747 · ΔE 25.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #8a1e12;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a1e12]

Related colors

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Salmon #fa8072

Tomato #ff6347

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Frequently asked questions

#8a1e12 (#8a1e12) is rgb(138, 30, 18) in RGB.

No, #8a1e12 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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