#8A2312#8A2312

#8A2312 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.141 H 32.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2312
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 18)
HSL	hsl(9, 77%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(9, 87%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 87%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.00, 42.50, 35.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.00, 55.51, 40.04°)
OKLab	oklab(42.14% 0.1197 0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(42.14% 0.141 32)
XYZ	xyz(11.1928, 6.6508, 1.2665)
Luminance	0.0665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2312 #12798A

analogous

#8A123D #8A2312 #8A5F12

triadic

#8A2312 #128A23 #23128A

tetradic

#8A2312 #3D8A12 #12798A #5F128A

square

#8A2312 #3D8A12 #12798A #5F128A

split-complementary

#8A2312 #128A5F #123D8A

monochromatic

#1E0804 #54150B #8A2312 #C03119 #E44B32

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.01

#8A2312 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8A2312 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2312

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2312	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2312	1.00	9.01	2.33	9.01
#FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423A0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C510C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2312;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.141 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56652',
    500: '#8a2312',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2312;
$custom-light: #b56652;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2312",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.5,
    "s": 76.923,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42143,
    "c": 0.14115,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.06649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2312

secondary

#39ACBF

accent

#D8F334

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2312

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

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