#8A2820#8A2820

#8A2820 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.134 H 28.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2820
RGB	rgb(138, 40, 32)
HSL	hsl(5, 62%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(5, 77%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 76.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.87, 40.99, 28.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.87, 50.07, 35.05°)
OKLab	oklab(42.84% 0.1178 0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(42.84% 0.134 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.5020, 7.0269, 2.1169)
Luminance	0.0703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2820 #20828A

analogous

#8A204D #8A2820 #8A5D20

triadic

#8A2820 #208A28 #28208A

tetradic

#8A2820 #4D8A20 #20828A #5D208A

square

#8A2820 #4D8A20 #20828A #5D208A

split-complementary

#8A2820 #208A5D #204D8A

monochromatic

#270B09 #581A14 #8A2820 #BC362C #D6594E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#8A2820 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8A2820 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2820

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2820	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2820	1.00	8.73	2.41	8.73
#FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443D1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D531C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980627

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2820;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 40, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.134 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4685c',
    500: '#8a2820',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2820;
$custom-light: #b4685c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2820",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.528,
    "s": 62.353,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42838,
    "c": 0.13422,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2820

secondary

#4DB1B9

accent

#D9E542

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2820

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

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