#8A2824#8A2824

#8A2824 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.134 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2824
RGB	rgb(138, 40, 36)
HSL	hsl(2, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(2, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 73.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.92, 41.17, 26.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.92, 48.90, 32.65°)
OKLab	oklab(42.89% 0.1193 0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(42.89% 0.134 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.5597, 7.0499, 2.4208)
Luminance	0.0705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2824 #24868A

analogous

#8A2453 #8A2824 #8A5B24

triadic

#8A2824 #248A28 #28248A

tetradic

#8A2824 #538A24 #24868A #5B248A

square

#8A2824 #538A24 #24868A #5B248A

split-complementary

#8A2824 #248A5B #24538A

monochromatic

#290C0B #591A17 #8A2824 #BB3631 #D35B56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#8A2824 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8A2824 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2824

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2824	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2824	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)

#443E23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5321

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980828

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2824;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 40, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.134 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3695f',
    500: '#8a2824',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2824;
$custom-light: #b3695f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2824",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.353,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42894,
    "c": 0.13355,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2824

secondary

#53B3B7

accent

#DCE246

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2824

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

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