#8A2516#8A2516

#8A2516 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.139 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2516
RGB	rgb(138, 37, 22)
HSL	hsl(8, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(8, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 84.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.31, 41.83, 33.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.31, 53.85, 39.03°)
OKLab	oklab(42.39% 0.1184 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(42.39% 0.139 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.2890, 6.7861, 1.4743)
Luminance	0.0678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2516 #167B8A

analogous

#8A1641 #8A2516 #8A5F16

triadic

#8A2516 #168A25 #25168A

tetradic

#8A2516 #418A16 #167B8A #5F168A

square

#8A2516 #418A16 #167B8A #5F168A

split-complementary

#8A2516 #168A5F #16418A

monochromatic

#200905 #55170E #8A2516 #BF331E #E0503B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.91

#8A2516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8A2516 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2516

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2516	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)

#433B13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5211

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 37, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.139 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46755',
    500: '#8a2516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2516;
$custom-light: #b46755;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.759,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4239,
    "c": 0.13876,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2516

secondary

#3EADBE

accent

#D8EF39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE8

border

#D1C6C4

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2516

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

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