#8A2623#8A2623

#8A2623 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.136 H 26.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2623
RGB	rgb(138, 38, 35)
HSL	hsl(2, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(2, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 74.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.61, 41.95, 26.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.61, 49.69, 32.42°)
OKLab	oklab(42.66% 0.1215 0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(42.66% 0.136 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.4790, 6.9126, 2.3196)
Luminance	0.0691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2623 #23878A

analogous

#8A2354 #8A2623 #8A5A23

triadic

#8A2623 #238A26 #26238A

tetradic

#8A2623 #548A23 #23878A #5A238A

square

#8A2623 #548A23 #23878A #5A238A

split-complementary

#8A2623 #238A5A #23548A

monochromatic

#280B0A #591917 #8A2623 #BB332F #D45854

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#8A2623 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8A2623 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2623

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2623	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2623	1.00	8.82	2.38	8.82
#FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433D22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5220

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980226

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2623;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 38, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.136 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3685e',
    500: '#8a2623',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2623;
$custom-light: #b3685e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2623",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.748,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42655,
    "c": 0.13568,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2623

secondary

#51B5B7

accent

#DEE345

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2623

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

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