#8A2522#8A2522

#8A2522 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.137 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2522
RGB	rgb(138, 37, 34)
HSL	hsl(2, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(2, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 75.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.45, 42.30, 27.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.45, 50.22, 32.62°)
OKLab	oklab(42.53% 0.1224 0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(42.53% 0.137 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.4328, 6.8436, 2.2320)
Luminance	0.0684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2522 #22878A

analogous

#8A2253 #8A2522 #8A5922

triadic

#8A2522 #228A25 #25228A

tetradic

#8A2522 #538A22 #22878A #59228A

square

#8A2522 #538A22 #22878A #59228A

split-complementary

#8A2522 #228A59 #22538A

monochromatic

#280B0A #591816 #8A2522 #BB322E #D45652

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.87

#8A2522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8A2522 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2522

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2522	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)

#423C21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B521E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 37, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.137 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4675d',
    500: '#8a2522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2522;
$custom-light: #b4675d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.731,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42532,
    "c": 0.13679,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2522

secondary

#50B5B8

accent

#DFE444

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2522

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

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