#8A282D#8A282D

#8A282D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.132 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A282D
RGB	rgb(138, 40, 45)
HSL	hsl(357, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(357, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 67.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.06, 41.67, 20.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.06, 46.62, 26.63°)
OKLab	oklab(43.04% 0.1228 0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(43.04% 0.132 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.7149, 7.1120, 3.2380)
Luminance	0.0711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A282D #288A85

analogous

#8A285E #8A282D #8A5428

triadic

#8A282D #2D8A28 #282D8A

tetradic

#8A282D #5E8A28 #288A85 #54288A

square

#8A282D #5E8A28 #288A85 #54288A

split-complementary

#8A282D #288A54 #285E8A

monochromatic

#2B0C0E #5B1A1E #8A282D #B9363C #D05D62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.67

#8A282D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8A282D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A282D

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A282D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A282D	1.00	8.67	2.42	8.67
#FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B532A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980C2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a282d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 40, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.132 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36965',
    500: '#8a282d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a282d;
$custom-light: #b36965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a282d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.939,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43043,
    "c": 0.13241,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A282D

secondary

#59B5B0

accent

#DED749

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A282D

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

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