#8A2A23#8A2A23

#8A2A23 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.132 H 28.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2A23
RGB	rgb(138, 42, 35)
HSL	hsl(4, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(4, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 74.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.22, 40.27, 27.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.22, 48.68, 34.17°)
OKLab	oklab(43.11% 0.1162 0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(43.11% 0.132 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.6138, 7.1823, 2.3646)
Luminance	0.0718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2A23 #23838A

analogous

#8A2350 #8A2A23 #8A5E23

triadic

#8A2A23 #238A2A #2A238A

tetradic

#8A2A23 #508A23 #23838A #5E238A

square

#8A2A23 #508A23 #23838A #5E238A

split-complementary

#8A2A23 #238A5E #23508A

monochromatic

#280C0A #591B17 #8A2A23 #BB392F #D45D54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.62

#8A2A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8A2A23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2A23

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2A23	1.00	8.62	2.44	8.62
#FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453F21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5320

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980D29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 42, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.132 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36a5e',
    500: '#8a2a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2a23;
$custom-light: #b36a5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.078,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43112,
    "c": 0.1317,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2A23

secondary

#51B1B7

accent

#D8E345

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2A23

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

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