#8A2628#8A2628

#8A2628 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.135 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2628
RGB	rgb(138, 38, 40)
HSL	hsl(359, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(359, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 71%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.68, 42.20, 23.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.68, 48.36, 29.22°)
OKLab	oklab(42.73% 0.1234 0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(42.73% 0.135 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.5586, 6.9444, 2.7388)
Luminance	0.0694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2628 #268A88

analogous

#8A265A #8A2628 #8A5626

triadic

#8A2628 #288A26 #26288A

tetradic

#8A2628 #5A8A26 #268A88 #56268A

square

#8A2628 #5A8A26 #268A88 #56268A

split-complementary

#8A2628 #268A56 #265A8A

monochromatic

#2A0C0C #5A191A #8A2628 #BA3336 #D1595B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#8A2628 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8A2628 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2628

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2628	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2628	1.00	8.79	2.39	8.79
#FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423D27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5225

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980428

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2628;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 38, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.135 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36862',
    500: '#8a2628',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2628;
$custom-light: #b36862;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2628",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.8,
    "s": 56.818,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42733,
    "c": 0.13501,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2628

secondary

#56B6B4

accent

#E0DD48

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2628

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

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