#8A2428#8A2428

#8A2428 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.137 H 23.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2428
RGB	rgb(138, 36, 40)
HSL	hsl(358, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(358, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 71%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.39, 42.99, 23.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.39, 48.88, 28.42°)
OKLab	oklab(42.52% 0.1259 0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(42.52% 0.137 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.4964, 6.8199, 2.7181)
Luminance	0.0682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2428 #248A86

analogous

#8A245B #8A2428 #8A5324

triadic

#8A2428 #288A24 #24288A

tetradic

#8A2428 #5B8A24 #248A86 #53248A

square

#8A2428 #5B8A24 #248A86 #53248A

split-complementary

#8A2428 #248A53 #245B8A

monochromatic

#290B0C #59171A #8A2428 #BB3136 #D3565B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.88

#8A2428 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8A2428 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2428

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2428	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2428	1.00	8.88	2.36	8.88
#FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413C27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5225

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2428;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 36, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.137 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36762',
    500: '#8a2428',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2428;
$custom-light: #b36762;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2428",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.647,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42519,
    "c": 0.13699,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2428

secondary

#53B7B3

accent

#E2DC46

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2428

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

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