#8A282A#8A282A

#8A282A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.133 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A282A
RGB	rgb(138, 40, 42)
HSL	hsl(359, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(359, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 69.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.01, 41.49, 22.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.01, 47.32, 28.73°)
OKLab	oklab(42.99% 0.1216 0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(42.99% 0.133 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.6592, 7.0897, 2.9446)
Luminance	0.0709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A282A #288A88

analogous

#8A285B #8A282A #8A5728

triadic

#8A282A #2A8A28 #282A8A

tetradic

#8A282A #5B8A28 #288A88 #57288A

square

#8A282A #5B8A28 #288A88 #57288A

split-complementary

#8A282A #288A57 #285B8A

monochromatic

#2B0C0D #5B1A1C #8A282A #B93638 #D05D5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.69

#8A282A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8A282A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A282A

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A282A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A282A	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)

#433E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980B2A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a282a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 40, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.133 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36963',
    500: '#8a282a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a282a;
$custom-light: #b36963;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a282a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.776,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4299,
    "c": 0.13272,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A282A

secondary

#59B5B3

accent

#DEDB49

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A282A

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

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