#8A2812#8A2812

#8A2812 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.137 H 33.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2812
RGB	rgb(138, 40, 18)
HSL	hsl(11, 77%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(11, 87%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 87%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.73, 40.49, 36.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.73, 54.42, 41.92°)
OKLab	oklab(42.69% 0.1135 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(42.69% 0.137 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.3506, 6.9663, 1.3191)
Luminance	0.0697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2812 #12748A

analogous

#8A1238 #8A2812 #8A6412

triadic

#8A2812 #128A28 #28128A

tetradic

#8A2812 #388A12 #12748A #64128A

square

#8A2812 #388A12 #12748A #64128A

split-complementary

#8A2812 #128A64 #12388A

monochromatic

#1E0904 #54180B #8A2812 #C03819 #E45332

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#8A2812 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8A2812 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2812

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2812	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2812	1.00	8.78	2.39	8.78
#FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453D0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D530C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990224

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2812;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 40, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.137 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56852',
    500: '#8a2812',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2812;
$custom-light: #b56852;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2812",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11,
    "s": 76.923,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42691,
    "c": 0.13673,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2812

secondary

#39A6BF

accent

#D0F334

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2812

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

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