#8A2823#8A2823

#8A2823 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.134 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2823
RGB	rgb(138, 40, 35)
HSL	hsl(3, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(3, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 74.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.91, 41.13, 26.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.91, 49.19, 33.27°)
OKLab	oklab(42.88% 0.1189 0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(42.88% 0.134 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.5447, 7.0439, 2.3415)
Luminance	0.0704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2823 #23858A

analogous

#8A2352 #8A2823 #8A5C23

triadic

#8A2823 #238A28 #28238A

tetradic

#8A2823 #528A23 #23858A #5C238A

square

#8A2823 #528A23 #23858A #5C238A

split-complementary

#8A2823 #238A5C #23528A

monochromatic

#280C0A #591A17 #8A2823 #BB362F #D45A54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#8A2823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8A2823 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2823

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2823	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)

#443E22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5320

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980828

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 40, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.134 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3695e',
    500: '#8a2823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2823;
$custom-light: #b3695e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.913,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42879,
    "c": 0.1337,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2823

secondary

#51B3B7

accent

#DBE345

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2823

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

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