#8A2515#8A2515

#8A2515 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.139 H 31.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2515
RGB	rgb(138, 37, 21)
HSL	hsl(8, 74%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(8, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 84.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.31, 41.80, 34.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.31, 54.16, 39.48°)
OKLab	oklab(42.38% 0.1181 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(42.38% 0.139 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.2795, 6.7823, 1.4245)
Luminance	0.0678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2515 #157A8A

analogous

#8A153F #8A2515 #8A5F15

triadic

#8A2515 #158A25 #25158A

tetradic

#8A2515 #3F8A15 #157A8A #5F158A

square

#8A2515 #3F8A15 #157A8A #5F158A

split-complementary

#8A2515 #158A5F #153F8A

monochromatic

#200905 #55170D #8A2515 #BF331D #E15039

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.91

#8A2515 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8A2515 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2515

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2515	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2515	1.00	8.91	2.36	8.91
#FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433B12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5210

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2515;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 37, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.139 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56754',
    500: '#8a2515',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2515;
$custom-light: #b56754;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2515",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.205,
    "s": 73.585,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42381,
    "c": 0.13892,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2515

secondary

#3DACBE

accent

#D7F038

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2515

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

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