#8A2822#8A2822

#8A2822 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.134 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2822
RGB	rgb(138, 40, 34)
HSL	hsl(3, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(3, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 75.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.89, 41.08, 27.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.89, 49.47, 33.87°)
OKLab	oklab(42.86% 0.1185 0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(42.86% 0.134 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.5300, 7.0381, 2.2644)
Luminance	0.0704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2822 #22848A

analogous

#8A2250 #8A2822 #8A5C22

triadic

#8A2822 #228A28 #28228A

tetradic

#8A2822 #508A22 #22848A #5C228A

square

#8A2822 #508A22 #22848A #5C228A

split-complementary

#8A2822 #228A5C #22508A

monochromatic

#280C0A #591A16 #8A2822 #BB362E #D45A52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#8A2822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8A2822 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2822

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2822	1.00	8.72	2.41	8.72
#FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443D20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C531F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980727

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 40, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.134 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3685d',
    500: '#8a2822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2822;
$custom-light: #b3685d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.462,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42865,
    "c": 0.13387,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2822

secondary

#50B2B8

accent

#DAE444

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2822

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

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