#8A2819#8A2819

#8A2819 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.135 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2819
RGB	rgb(138, 40, 25)
HSL	hsl(8, 69%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(8, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 81.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.79, 40.71, 32.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.79, 52.23, 38.80°)
OKLab	oklab(42.76% 0.1155 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(42.76% 0.135 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.4168, 6.9928, 1.6681)
Luminance	0.0699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2819 #197B8A

analogous

#8A1942 #8A2819 #8A6119

triadic

#8A2819 #198A28 #28198A

tetradic

#8A2819 #428A19 #197B8A #61198A

square

#8A2819 #428A19 #197B8A #61198A

split-complementary

#8A2819 #198A61 #19428A

monochromatic

#220A06 #561910 #8A2819 #BE3722 #DD5641

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.76

#8A2819 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8A2819 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2819

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2819	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2819	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)

#453D16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5315

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980425

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2819;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 40, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.135 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46857',
    500: '#8a2819',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2819;
$custom-light: #b46857;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2819",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.965,
    "s": 69.325,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42755,
    "c": 0.13548,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2819

secondary

#42ADBD

accent

#D5EC3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2819

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

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