#8A2529#8A2529

#8A2529 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.136 H 23.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2529
RGB	rgb(138, 37, 41)
HSL	hsl(358, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(358, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 70.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.55, 42.66, 22.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.55, 48.37, 28.14°)
OKLab	oklab(42.64% 0.1251 0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(42.64% 0.136 23)
XYZ	xyz(11.5443, 6.8882, 2.8191)
Luminance	0.0689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2529 #258A86

analogous

#8A255C #8A2529 #8A5425

triadic

#8A2529 #298A25 #25298A

tetradic

#8A2529 #5C8A25 #258A86 #54258A

square

#8A2529 #5C8A25 #258A86 #54258A

split-complementary

#8A2529 #258A54 #255C8A

monochromatic

#290B0C #5A181B #8A2529 #BA3237 #D2575C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#8A2529 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8A2529 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2529

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2529	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2529	1.00	8.83	2.38	8.83
#FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413C28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5226

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980227

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2529;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 37, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.136 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36762',
    500: '#8a2529',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2529;
$custom-light: #b36762;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2529",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.624,
    "s": 57.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42642,
    "c": 0.1359,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.06887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2529

secondary

#54B7B3

accent

#E1DB47

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2529

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

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