#8A2A22#8A2A22
#8A2A22 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.132 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #8A2A22 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(138, 42, 34) |
| HSL | hsl(5, 60%, 34%) |
| HSV | hsv(5, 75%, 54%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 75.4%, 45.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(32.21, 40.23, 27.93) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(32.21, 48.97, 34.77°) |
| OKLab | oklab(43.1% 0.1159 0.063) |
| OKLCH | oklch(43.1% 0.132 28.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(11.5992, 7.1764, 2.2875) |
| Luminance | 0.0717 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Red Brown
#8B2E16
ΔE00 4.72
Crimson (survey)
#8C000F
ΔE00 4.84
Carmine
#9D0216
ΔE00 5.01
Brown
#A52A2A
ΔE00 5.48
Brownish Red
#9E3623
ΔE00 5.64
Indian Red
#850E04
ΔE00 5.68
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#8A2A22 #22828A
analogous
#8A224E #8A2A22 #8A5E22
triadic
#8A2A22 #228A2A #2A228A
tetradic
#8A2A22 #4E8A22 #22828A #5E228A
square
#8A2A22 #4E8A22 #22828A #5E228A
split-complementary
#8A2A22 #228A5E #224E8A
monochromatic
#280C0A #591B16 #8A2A22 #BB392E #D45C52
Accessibility & contrast
On white
8.62
#8A2A22 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
On black
2.43
#8A2A22 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
Best text color
#FFFFFF on #8A2A22
8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##8A2A22 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##FFFFFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##8A2A22 | 1.00 | 8.62 | 2.43 | 8.62 |
| #FFFFFF | 8.62 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
| #000000 | 2.43 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 21.00 |
| ##FFFFFF | 8.62 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#453E20
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5D531F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#980D29
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4C4C4C
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #8a2a22; /* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 42, 34); /* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.132 28.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#b36a5d',
500: '#8a2a22',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #8a2a22; $custom-light: #b36a5d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#8a2a22",
"rgb": {
"r": 138,
"g": 42,
"b": 34
},
"hsl": {
"h": 4.615,
"s": 60.465,
"l": 33.725
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.43098,
"c": 0.13188,
"h": 28.5
},
"luminance": 0.07175
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#8A2A22
secondary
#50B0B8
accent
#D7E444
background
#FBF6F5
surface
#F7EBE9
border
#D0C6C5
text
#120704
muted
#817A79