#8A2828#8A2828

#8A2828 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.133 H 24.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2828
RGB	rgb(138, 40, 40)
HSL	hsl(0, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(0, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 71%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.98, 41.38, 23.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.98, 47.82, 30.08°)
OKLab	oklab(42.96% 0.1208 0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(42.96% 0.133 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.6243, 7.0758, 2.7607)
Luminance	0.0707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2828 #288A8A

analogous

#8A2859 #8A2828 #8A5928

triadic

#8A2828 #288A28 #28288A

tetradic

#8A2828 #598A28 #288A8A #59288A

square

#8A2828 #598A28 #288A8A #59288A

split-complementary

#8A2828 #288A59 #28598A

monochromatic

#2B0C0C #5B1A1A #8A2828 #B93636 #D05D5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#8A2828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8A2828 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2828

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2828	1.00	8.70	2.41	8.70
#FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433E27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5325

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980A29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 40, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.133 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36962',
    500: '#8a2828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2828;
$custom-light: #b36962;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42956,
    "c": 0.13297,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2828

secondary

#59B5B5

accent

#DEDE49

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2828

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

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