#8a250d

Color #8a250d

A vivid, highly saturated dark red.

Closest named color Maroon #800000 · ΔE 8.62 Nearest Tailwind class orange-900 #7e2a0c · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#8a250d

RGB

rgb(138, 37, 13)

HSL

hsl(11.5, 82.8%, 29.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(11.5, 90.6%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 90.6%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(31.25, 41.6, 38.3)

LCH

lch(31.25, 56.55, 42.63)

OKLCH

oklch(42.3%, 0.1401, 34.06)

HWB

hwb(11.5, 5.1%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0d728a

Analogous

#8a0d34

#8a250d

#8a630d

Triadic

#8a250d

#0d8a25

#250d8a

Split-complementary

#8a250d

#0d8a63

#0d348a

Tetradic

#8a250d

#728a0d

#0d728a

#250d8a

Square

#8a250d

#348a0d

#0d728a

#630d8a

Shades

Color #8a250d mixed toward black.

#731f0b

#5c1909

#451206

#2e0c04

#170602

Tints

Color #8a250d mixed toward white.

#c13412

#ea4a24

#f0775b

#f5a592

#fad2c8

Tones

Color #8a250d mixed toward gray.

#802b17

#753222

#6b382c

#603f37

#564541

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.35:1

White text reads better on this background (8.93:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6c15 · ΔE 37.3

Deuteranopia

#717717 · ΔE 41.3

Tritanopia

#871a1b · ΔE 6.2

Achromatopsia

#4a4a4a · ΔE 25.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a250d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a250d]

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Salmon #fa8072

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Frequently asked questions

#8a250d (#8a250d) is rgb(138, 37, 13) in RGB.

No, #8a250d 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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