#8A2427#8A2427

#8A2427 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.137 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2427
RGB	rgb(138, 36, 39)
HSL	hsl(358, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(358, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 71.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.38, 42.94, 23.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.38, 49.13, 29.07°)
OKLab	oklab(42.5% 0.1255 0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(42.5% 0.137 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.4796, 6.8132, 2.6297)
Luminance	0.0681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2427 #248A87

analogous

#8A245A #8A2427 #8A5424

triadic

#8A2427 #278A24 #24278A

tetradic

#8A2427 #5A8A24 #248A87 #54248A

square

#8A2427 #5A8A24 #248A87 #54248A

split-complementary

#8A2427 #248A54 #245A8A

monochromatic

#290B0C #591719 #8A2427 #BB3135 #D35659

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.89

#8A2427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8A2427 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2427

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2427	1.00	8.89	2.36	8.89
#FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413C26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5224

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 36, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.137 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36761',
    500: '#8a2427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2427;
$custom-light: #b36761;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.235,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42503,
    "c": 0.13711,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2427

secondary

#53B7B4

accent

#E2DD46

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2427

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

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