#8A282C#8A282C

#8A282C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.133 H 22.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A282C
RGB	rgb(138, 40, 44)
HSL	hsl(358, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(358, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 68.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.04, 41.61, 21.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.04, 46.85, 27.34°)
OKLab	oklab(43.03% 0.1224 0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(43.03% 0.133 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.6959, 7.1044, 3.1378)
Luminance	0.0710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A282C #288A86

analogous

#8A285D #8A282C #8A5528

triadic

#8A282C #2C8A28 #282C8A

tetradic

#8A282C #5D8A28 #288A86 #55288A

square

#8A282C #5D8A28 #288A86 #55288A

split-complementary

#8A282C #288A55 #285D8A

monochromatic

#2B0C0E #5B1A1D #8A282C #B9363B #D05D61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.68

#8A282C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8A282C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A282C

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A282C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A282C	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)

#433E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5329

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980C2A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a282c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 40, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.133 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36965',
    500: '#8a282c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a282c;
$custom-light: #b36965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a282c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.551,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43025,
    "c": 0.13251,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A282C

secondary

#59B5B1

accent

#DED849

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A282C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →