#8A2A11#8A2A11

#8A2A11 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.135 H 35.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2A11
RGB	rgb(138, 42, 17)
HSL	hsl(12, 78%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(12, 88%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 87.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.04, 39.61, 37.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.04, 54.28, 43.13°)
OKLab	oklab(42.92% 0.1106 0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(42.92% 0.135 35)
XYZ	xyz(11.4117, 7.1014, 1.3000)
Luminance	0.0710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2A11 #11718A

analogous

#8A1134 #8A2A11 #8A6711

triadic

#8A2A11 #118A2A #2A118A

tetradic

#8A2A11 #348A11 #11718A #67118A

square

#8A2A11 #348A11 #11718A #67118A

split-complementary

#8A2A11 #118A67 #11348A

monochromatic

#1D0904 #54190A #8A2A11 #C03B18 #E55530

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.68

#8A2A11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8A2A11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2A11

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2A11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2A11	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)

#463E0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E530B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990825

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2a11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 42, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.135 35.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56952',
    500: '#8a2a11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2a11;
$custom-light: #b56952;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2a11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.397,
    "s": 78.065,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42918,
    "c": 0.13509,
    "h": 35
  },
  "luminance": 0.071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2A11

secondary

#38A3BF

accent

#CDF533

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130702

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2A11

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

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