#8A2028#8A2028

#8A2028 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.141 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2028
RGB	rgb(138, 32, 40)
HSL	hsl(355, 62%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(355, 77%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 71%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.86, 44.48, 22.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.86, 49.90, 26.95°)
OKLab	oklab(42.12% 0.1306 0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(42.12% 0.141 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.3820, 6.5912, 2.6800)
Luminance	0.0659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2028 #208A82

analogous

#8A205D #8A2028 #8A4D20

triadic

#8A2028 #288A20 #20288A

tetradic

#8A2028 #5D8A20 #208A82 #4D208A

square

#8A2028 #5D8A20 #208A82 #4D208A

split-complementary

#8A2028 #208A4D #205D8A

monochromatic

#27090B #58141A #8A2028 #BC2C36 #D64E59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.06

#8A2028 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8A2028 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2028

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2028	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2028	1.00	9.06	2.32	9.06
#FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3A27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595125

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2028;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 32, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.141 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36562',
    500: '#8a2028',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2028;
$custom-light: #b36562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2028",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.472,
    "s": 62.353,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4212,
    "c": 0.14081,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2028

secondary

#4DB9B1

accent

#E5D942

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2028

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

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