#8A2729#8A2729

#8A2729 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.134 H 23.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2729
RGB	rgb(138, 39, 41)
HSL	hsl(359, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(359, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.7%, 70.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.84, 41.85, 23.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.84, 47.84, 28.97°)
OKLab	oklab(42.86% 0.1225 0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(42.86% 0.134 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.6082, 7.0161, 2.8404)
Luminance	0.0701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2729 #278A88

analogous

#8A275B #8A2729 #8A5727

triadic

#8A2729 #298A27 #27298A

tetradic

#8A2729 #5B8A27 #278A88 #57278A

square

#8A2729 #5B8A27 #278A88 #57278A

split-complementary

#8A2729 #278A57 #275B8A

monochromatic

#2B0C0D #5A1A1B #8A2729 #BA3437 #D15B5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.74

#8A2729 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8A2729 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2729

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2729	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2729	1.00	8.74	2.40	8.74
#FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433D28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5326

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980729

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2729;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 39, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.134 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36862',
    500: '#8a2729',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2729;
$custom-light: #b36862;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2729",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.788,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4286,
    "c": 0.13388,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2729

secondary

#57B6B4

accent

#DFDC49

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2729

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

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