#8A2829#8A2829

#8A2829 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.133 H 24.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2829
RGB	rgb(138, 40, 41)
HSL	hsl(359, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(359, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 70.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.99, 41.44, 23.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.99, 47.57, 29.41°)
OKLab	oklab(42.97% 0.1212 0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(42.97% 0.133 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.6415, 7.0826, 2.8515)
Luminance	0.0708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2829 #288A89

analogous

#8A285A #8A2829 #8A5828

triadic

#8A2829 #298A28 #28298A

tetradic

#8A2829 #5A8A28 #288A89 #58288A

square

#8A2829 #5A8A28 #288A89 #58288A

split-complementary

#8A2829 #288A58 #285A8A

monochromatic

#2B0C0D #5B1A1B #8A2829 #B93637 #D05D5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.69

#8A2829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8A2829 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2829

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2829	1.00	8.69	2.42	8.69
#FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5326

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980A29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 40, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.133 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36962',
    500: '#8a2829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2829;
$custom-light: #b36962;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.388,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42973,
    "c": 0.13284,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2829

secondary

#59B5B4

accent

#DEDD49

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2829

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

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