#8A2928#8A2928

#8A2928 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.132 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2928
RGB	rgb(138, 41, 40)
HSL	hsl(1, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(1, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.3%, 71%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.13, 40.96, 24.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.13, 47.55, 30.52°)
OKLab	oklab(43.07% 0.1195 0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(43.07% 0.132 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.6584, 7.1440, 2.7721)
Luminance	0.0714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2928 #28898A

analogous

#8A2858 #8A2928 #8A5A28

triadic

#8A2928 #288A29 #29288A

tetradic

#8A2928 #588A28 #28898A #5A288A

square

#8A2928 #588A28 #28898A #5A288A

split-complementary

#8A2928 #288A5A #28588A

monochromatic

#2B0D0C #5B1B1A #8A2928 #B93736 #D05E5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65

#8A2928 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8A2928 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2928

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2928	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2928	1.00	8.65	2.43	8.65
#FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443E27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5325

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980C2A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2928;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 41, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.132 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36962',
    500: '#8a2928',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2928;
$custom-light: #b36962;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2928",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.612,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43071,
    "c": 0.13193,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2928

secondary

#59B4B5

accent

#DDDE49

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2928

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

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