#8A282B#8A282B

#8A282B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.133 H 23.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A282B
RGB	rgb(138, 40, 43)
HSL	hsl(358, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(358, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 68.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.03, 41.55, 22.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.03, 47.08, 28.04°)
OKLab	oklab(43.01% 0.122 0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(43.01% 0.133 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.6773, 7.0970, 3.0400)
Luminance	0.0709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A282B #288A87

analogous

#8A285C #8A282B #8A5628

triadic

#8A282B #2B8A28 #282B8A

tetradic

#8A282B #5C8A28 #288A87 #56288A

square

#8A282B #5C8A28 #288A87 #56288A

split-complementary

#8A282B #288A56 #285C8A

monochromatic

#2B0C0D #5B1A1C #8A282B #B9363A #D05D60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.68

#8A282B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8A282B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A282B

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A282B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A282B	1.00	8.68	2.42	8.68
#FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433E2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5328

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980B2A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a282b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 40, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.133 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36964',
    500: '#8a282b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a282b;
$custom-light: #b36964;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a282b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.163,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43007,
    "c": 0.13261,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A282B

secondary

#59B5B2

accent

#DEDA49

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A282B

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

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