#8A2519#8A2519

#8A2519 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.138 H 30.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2519
RGB	rgb(138, 37, 25)
HSL	hsl(6, 69%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(6, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 81.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.34, 41.93, 32.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.34, 52.92, 37.59°)
OKLab	oklab(42.42% 0.1193 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(42.42% 0.138 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.3196, 6.7983, 1.6357)
Luminance	0.0680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2519 #197E8A

analogous

#8A1945 #8A2519 #8A5E19

triadic

#8A2519 #198A25 #25198A

tetradic

#8A2519 #458A19 #197E8A #5E198A

square

#8A2519 #458A19 #197E8A #5E198A

split-complementary

#8A2519 #198A5E #19458A

monochromatic

#220906 #561710 #8A2519 #BE3322 #DD5141

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#8A2519 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8A2519 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2519

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2519	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2519	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)

#433C17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5214

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2519;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 37, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.138 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46757',
    500: '#8a2519',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2519;
$custom-light: #b46757;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2519",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.372,
    "s": 69.325,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4242,
    "c": 0.13825,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2519

secondary

#42B0BD

accent

#D9EC3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2519

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

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