#8A2520#8A2520

#8A2520 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.137 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2520
RGB	rgb(138, 37, 32)
HSL	hsl(3, 62%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(3, 77%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 76.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.42, 42.21, 28.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.42, 50.80, 33.80°)
OKLab	oklab(42.5% 0.1216 0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(42.5% 0.137 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.4048, 6.8324, 2.0845)
Luminance	0.0683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2520 #20858A

analogous

#8A2050 #8A2520 #8A5A20

triadic

#8A2520 #208A25 #25208A

tetradic

#8A2520 #508A20 #20858A #5A208A

square

#8A2520 #508A20 #20858A #5A208A

split-complementary

#8A2520 #208A5A #20508A

monochromatic

#270A09 #581814 #8A2520 #BC322C #D6554E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.87

#8A2520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8A2520 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2520

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2520	1.00	8.87	2.37	8.87
#FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423C1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C521C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 37, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.137 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4675c',
    500: '#8a2520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2520;
$custom-light: #b4675c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.83,
    "s": 62.353,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42504,
    "c": 0.1371,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2520

secondary

#4DB4B9

accent

#DEE542

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2520

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

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