#8A2826#8A2826

#8A2826 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.133 H 25.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2826
RGB	rgb(138, 40, 38)
HSL	hsl(1, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(1, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 72.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.95, 41.27, 25.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.95, 48.35, 31.39°)
OKLab	oklab(42.92% 0.12 0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(42.92% 0.133 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.5911, 7.0625, 2.5862)
Luminance	0.0706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2826 #26888A

analogous

#8A2656 #8A2826 #8A5A26

triadic

#8A2826 #268A28 #28268A

tetradic

#8A2826 #568A26 #26888A #5A268A

square

#8A2826 #568A26 #26888A #5A268A

split-complementary

#8A2826 #268A5A #26568A

monochromatic

#2A0C0C #5A1A19 #8A2826 #BA3633 #D15B59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.71

#8A2826 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8A2826 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2826

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2826	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2826	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)

#443E25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5323

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980929

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2826;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 40, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.133 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36960',
    500: '#8a2826',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2826;
$custom-light: #b36960;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2826",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.2,
    "s": 56.818,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42924,
    "c": 0.13324,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2826

secondary

#56B4B6

accent

#DDE048

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2826

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →