#8A2818#8A2818

#8A2818 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.136 H 31.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2818
RGB	rgb(138, 40, 24)
HSL	hsl(8, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(8, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 82.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.78, 40.67, 33.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.78, 52.55, 39.28°)
OKLab	oklab(42.75% 0.1152 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(42.75% 0.136 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.4062, 6.9885, 1.6123)
Luminance	0.0699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2818 #187A8A

analogous

#8A1841 #8A2818 #8A6118

triadic

#8A2818 #188A28 #28188A

tetradic

#8A2818 #418A18 #187A8A #61188A

square

#8A2818 #418A18 #187A8A #61188A

split-complementary

#8A2818 #188A61 #18418A

monochromatic

#220A06 #56190F #8A2818 #BE3721 #DE553F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.76

#8A2818 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8A2818 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2818

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2818	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2818	1.00	8.76	2.40	8.76
#FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453D15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5314

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980425

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2818;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 40, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.136 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46856',
    500: '#8a2818',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2818;
$custom-light: #b46856;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2818",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.421,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42745,
    "c": 0.13566,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2818

secondary

#40ACBD

accent

#D4ED3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2818

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

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