#8A2327#8A2327

#8A2327 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.138 H 23.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2327
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 39)
HSL	hsl(358, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(358, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 71.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.24, 43.32, 23.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.24, 49.39, 28.69°)
OKLab	oklab(42.4% 0.1267 0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(42.4% 0.138 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.4497, 6.7535, 2.6197)
Luminance	0.0675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2327 #238A86

analogous

#8A235B #8A2327 #8A5323

triadic

#8A2327 #278A23 #23278A

tetradic

#8A2327 #5B8A23 #238A86 #53238A

square

#8A2327 #5B8A23 #238A86 #53238A

split-complementary

#8A2327 #238A53 #235B8A

monochromatic

#280A0B #591719 #8A2327 #BB2F35 #D45459

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.93

#8A2327 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8A2327 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2327

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2327	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2327	1.00	8.93	2.35	8.93
#FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413B26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5224

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2327;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.138 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36661',
    500: '#8a2327',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2327;
$custom-light: #b36661;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2327",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.67,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42399,
    "c": 0.13808,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2327

secondary

#51B7B4

accent

#E3DD45

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2327

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

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