#8A2821#8A2821

#8A2821 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.134 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2821
RGB	rgb(138, 40, 33)
HSL	hsl(4, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(4, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.88, 41.03, 28.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.88, 49.77, 34.47°)
OKLab	oklab(42.85% 0.1182 0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(42.85% 0.134 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.5158, 7.0324, 2.1896)
Luminance	0.0703 (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

#8A2821 #21838A

analogous

#8A214E #8A2821 #8A5C21

triadic

#8A2821 #218A28 #28218A

tetradic

#8A2821 #4E8A21 #21838A #5C218A

square

#8A2821 #4E8A21 #21838A #5C218A

split-complementary

#8A2821 #218A5C #214E8A

monochromatic

#270B09 #591A15 #8A2821 #BB362D #D55950

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#8A2821 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8A2821 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2821

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2821	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2821	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)

#443D1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C531E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980727

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2821;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 40, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.134 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4685d',
    500: '#8a2821',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2821;
$custom-light: #b4685d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2821",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42851,
    "c": 0.13404,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2821

secondary

#4EB1B9

accent

#DAE543

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2821

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

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