#8A2A21#8A2A21

#8A2A21 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.132 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2A21
RGB	rgb(138, 42, 33)
HSL	hsl(5, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(5, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.19, 40.18, 28.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.19, 49.27, 35.36°)
OKLab	oklab(43.09% 0.1155 0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(43.09% 0.132 29)
XYZ	xyz(11.5850, 7.1707, 2.2126)
Luminance	0.0717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2A21 #21818A

analogous

#8A214C #8A2A21 #8A5E21

triadic

#8A2A21 #218A2A #2A218A

tetradic

#8A2A21 #4C8A21 #21818A #5E218A

square

#8A2A21 #4C8A21 #21818A #5E218A

split-complementary

#8A2A21 #218A5E #214C8A

monochromatic

#270C09 #591B15 #8A2A21 #BB392D #D55C50

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.63

#8A2A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8A2A21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2A21

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2A21	1.00	8.63	2.43	8.63
#FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453E1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D531E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980D29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 42, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.132 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3695d',
    500: '#8a2a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2a21;
$custom-light: #b3695d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.143,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43085,
    "c": 0.13206,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.07169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2A21

secondary

#4EAFB9

accent

#D7E543

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2A21

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

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