#8A2420#8A2420

#8A2420 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.138 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2420
RGB	rgb(138, 36, 32)
HSL	hsl(2, 62%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(2, 77%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 76.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.28, 42.60, 28.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.28, 51.03, 33.41°)
OKLab	oklab(42.4% 0.1229 0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(42.4% 0.138 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.3741, 6.7710, 2.0743)
Luminance	0.0677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2420 #20868A

analogous

#8A2051 #8A2420 #8A5920

triadic

#8A2420 #208A24 #24208A

tetradic

#8A2420 #518A20 #20868A #59208A

square

#8A2420 #518A20 #20868A #59208A

split-complementary

#8A2420 #208A59 #20518A

monochromatic

#270A09 #581714 #8A2420 #BC312C #D6534E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.92

#8A2420 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8A2420 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2420

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2420	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2420	1.00	8.92	2.35	8.92
#FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423B1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B521C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2420;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 36, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.138 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4675c',
    500: '#8a2420',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2420;
$custom-light: #b4675c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2420",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.264,
    "s": 62.353,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42398,
    "c": 0.13804,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2420

secondary

#4DB5B9

accent

#DFE542

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2420

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

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