#8A2816#8A2816

#8A2816 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.136 H 32.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2816
RGB	rgb(138, 40, 22)
HSL	hsl(9, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(9, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 84.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.76, 40.61, 34.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.76, 53.18, 40.21°)
OKLab	oklab(42.73% 0.1146 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(42.73% 0.136 32.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.3862, 6.9805, 1.5067)
Luminance	0.0698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2816 #16788A

analogous

#8A163E #8A2816 #8A6216

triadic

#8A2816 #168A28 #28168A

tetradic

#8A2816 #3E8A16 #16788A #62168A

square

#8A2816 #3E8A16 #16788A #62168A

split-complementary

#8A2816 #168A62 #163E8A

monochromatic

#200905 #55190E #8A2816 #BF371E #E0543B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.77

#8A2816 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8A2816 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2816

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2816	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2816	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)

#453D13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5311

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980325

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2816;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 40, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.136 32.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46855',
    500: '#8a2816',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2816;
$custom-light: #b46855;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2816",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.31,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42725,
    "c": 0.13602,
    "h": 32.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2816

secondary

#3EAABE

accent

#D3EF39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2816

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

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