#8A2416#8A2416

#8A2416 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.140 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2416
RGB	rgb(138, 36, 22)
HSL	hsl(7, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(7, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 84.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.17, 42.23, 33.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.17, 54.07, 38.65°)
OKLab	oklab(42.28% 0.1196 0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(42.28% 0.14 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.2583, 6.7247, 1.4641)
Luminance	0.0672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2416 #167C8A

analogous

#8A1642 #8A2416 #8A5E16

triadic

#8A2416 #168A24 #24168A

tetradic

#8A2416 #428A16 #167C8A #5E168A

square

#8A2416 #428A16 #167C8A #5E168A

split-complementary

#8A2416 #168A5E #16428A

monochromatic

#200805 #55160E #8A2416 #BF321E #E04F3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.96

#8A2416 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8A2416 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2416

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2416	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2416	1.00	8.96	2.34	8.96
#FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433B13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5211

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2416;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 36, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.140 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56655',
    500: '#8a2416',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2416;
$custom-light: #b56655;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2416",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.241,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42283,
    "c": 0.13965,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2416

secondary

#3EAEBE

accent

#D9EF39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE8

border

#D1C6C4

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2416

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

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