#8A2526#8A2526

#8A2526 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.136 H 24.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2526
RGB	rgb(138, 37, 38)
HSL	hsl(359, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(359, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 72.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.50, 42.49, 24.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.50, 49.13, 30.12°)
OKLab	oklab(42.59% 0.1239 0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(42.59% 0.136 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.4939, 6.8681, 2.5538)
Luminance	0.0687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2526 #258A89

analogous

#8A2559 #8A2526 #8A5725

triadic

#8A2526 #268A25 #25268A

tetradic

#8A2526 #598A25 #258A89 #57258A

square

#8A2526 #598A25 #258A89 #57258A

split-complementary

#8A2526 #258A57 #25598A

monochromatic

#290B0B #5A1819 #8A2526 #BA3233 #D25759

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85

#8A2526 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8A2526 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2526

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2526	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2526	1.00	8.85	2.37	8.85
#FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423C25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5223

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980127

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2526;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 37, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.136 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36760',
    500: '#8a2526',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2526;
$custom-light: #b36760;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2526",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.406,
    "s": 57.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42592,
    "c": 0.13625,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2526

secondary

#54B7B6

accent

#E1DF47

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2526

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

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