#8A2825#8A2825

#8A2825 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.133 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2825
RGB	rgb(138, 40, 37)
HSL	hsl(2, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(2, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 73.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.93, 41.22, 25.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.93, 48.62, 32.02°)
OKLab	oklab(42.91% 0.1197 0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(42.91% 0.133 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.5752, 7.0561, 2.5024)
Luminance	0.0705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2825 #25878A

analogous

#8A2555 #8A2825 #8A5B25

triadic

#8A2825 #258A28 #28258A

tetradic

#8A2825 #558A25 #25878A #5B258A

square

#8A2825 #558A25 #25878A #5B258A

split-complementary

#8A2825 #258A5B #25558A

monochromatic

#290C0B #5A1A18 #8A2825 #BA3632 #D25B57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.71

#8A2825 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8A2825 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2825

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2825	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2825	1.00	8.71	2.41	8.71
#FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443E24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5322

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980828

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2825;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 40, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.133 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3695f',
    500: '#8a2825',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2825;
$custom-light: #b3695f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2825",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.782,
    "s": 57.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42909,
    "c": 0.1334,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2825

secondary

#54B4B7

accent

#DCE147

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2825

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

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