#8A2723#8A2723

#8A2723 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.135 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2723
RGB	rgb(138, 39, 35)
HSL	hsl(2, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(2, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.7%, 74.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.76, 41.54, 26.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.76, 49.44, 32.84°)
OKLab	oklab(42.77% 0.1202 0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(42.77% 0.135 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.5114, 6.9774, 2.3304)
Luminance	0.0698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2723 #23868A

analogous

#8A2353 #8A2723 #8A5B23

triadic

#8A2723 #238A27 #27238A

tetradic

#8A2723 #538A23 #23868A #5B238A

square

#8A2723 #538A23 #23868A #5B238A

split-complementary

#8A2723 #238A5B #23538A

monochromatic

#280B0A #591917 #8A2723 #BB352F #D45954

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.77

#8A2723 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8A2723 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2723

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2723	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2723	1.00	8.77	2.40	8.77
#FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433D22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5320

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980527

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2723;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 39, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.135 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3685e',
    500: '#8a2723',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2723;
$custom-light: #b3685e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2723",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.33,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42766,
    "c": 0.1347,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2723

secondary

#51B4B7

accent

#DDE345

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2723

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

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