#8A2424#8A2424

#8A2424 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.137 H 25.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2424
RGB	rgb(138, 36, 36)
HSL	hsl(0, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(0, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 73.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.33, 42.79, 25.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.33, 49.91, 31.00°)
OKLab	oklab(42.46% 0.1244 0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(42.46% 0.137 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.4318, 6.7941, 2.3782)
Luminance	0.0679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2424 #248A8A

analogous

#8A2457 #8A2424 #8A5724

triadic

#8A2424 #248A24 #24248A

tetradic

#8A2424 #578A24 #248A8A #57248A

square

#8A2424 #578A24 #248A8A #57248A

split-complementary

#8A2424 #248A57 #24578A

monochromatic

#290B0B #591717 #8A2424 #BB3131 #D35656

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#8A2424 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8A2424 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2424

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2424	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2424	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413C23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5221

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 36, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.137 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4675f',
    500: '#8a2424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2424;
$custom-light: #b4675f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42455,
    "c": 0.13747,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2424

secondary

#53B7B7

accent

#E2E246

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2424

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

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