#8A282E#8A282E

#8A282E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.132 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A282E
RGB	rgb(138, 40, 46)
HSL	hsl(356, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(356, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 66.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.08, 41.74, 20.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.08, 46.40, 25.92°)
OKLab	oklab(43.06% 0.1232 0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(43.06% 0.132 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.7344, 7.1198, 3.3406)
Luminance	0.0712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A282E #288A84

analogous

#8A285F #8A282E #8A5328

triadic

#8A282E #2E8A28 #282E8A

tetradic

#8A282E #5F8A28 #288A84 #53288A

square

#8A282E #5F8A28 #288A84 #53288A

split-complementary

#8A282E #288A53 #285F8A

monochromatic

#2B0C0E #5B1A1E #8A282E #B9363E #D05D64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.66

#8A282E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8A282E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A282E

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A282E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A282E	1.00	8.66	2.42	8.66
#FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433E2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B532B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980D2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a282e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 40, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.132 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36966',
    500: '#8a282e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a282e;
$custom-light: #b36966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a282e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.327,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43062,
    "c": 0.13233,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A282E

secondary

#59B5B0

accent

#DED549

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A282E

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

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