#8A2527#8A2527

#8A2527 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.136 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2527
RGB	rgb(138, 37, 39)
HSL	hsl(359, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(359, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 71.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.52, 42.55, 24.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.52, 48.87, 29.47°)
OKLab	oklab(42.61% 0.1243 0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(42.61% 0.136 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.5103, 6.8746, 2.6399)
Luminance	0.0687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2527 #258A88

analogous

#8A255A #8A2527 #8A5625

triadic

#8A2527 #278A25 #25278A

tetradic

#8A2527 #5A8A25 #258A88 #56258A

square

#8A2527 #5A8A25 #258A88 #56258A

split-complementary

#8A2527 #258A56 #255A8A

monochromatic

#290B0C #5A1819 #8A2527 #BA3235 #D2575A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#8A2527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8A2527 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2527

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2527	1.00	8.84	2.37	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423C26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5224

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980127

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 37, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.136 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36761',
    500: '#8a2527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2527;
$custom-light: #b36761;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.812,
    "s": 57.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42608,
    "c": 0.13613,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2527

secondary

#54B7B5

accent

#E1DE47

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2527

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

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