#8A2616#8A2616

#8A2616 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.138 H 31.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2616
RGB	rgb(138, 38, 22)
HSL	hsl(8, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(8, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 84.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.46, 41.43, 34.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.46, 53.63, 39.41°)
OKLab	oklab(42.5% 0.1171 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(42.5% 0.138 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.3205, 6.8492, 1.4848)
Luminance	0.0685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2616 #167A8A

analogous

#8A1640 #8A2616 #8A6016

triadic

#8A2616 #168A26 #26168A

tetradic

#8A2616 #408A16 #167A8A #60168A

square

#8A2616 #408A16 #167A8A #60168A

split-complementary

#8A2616 #168A60 #16408A

monochromatic

#200905 #55170E #8A2616 #BF351E #E0513B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#8A2616 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8A2616 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2616

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2616	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2616	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443C13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5211

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2616;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 38, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.138 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46755',
    500: '#8a2616',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2616;
$custom-light: #b46755;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2616",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.276,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42499,
    "c": 0.13785,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2616

secondary

#3EACBE

accent

#D6EF39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE8

border

#D1C6C4

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2616

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

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