#8A2A27#8A2A27

#8A2A27 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.131 H 26.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2A27
RGB	rgb(138, 42, 39)
HSL	hsl(2, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(2, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 71.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.27, 40.48, 24.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.27, 47.55, 31.64°)
OKLab	oklab(43.17% 0.1177 0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(43.17% 0.131 26)
XYZ	xyz(11.6767, 7.2074, 2.6954)
Luminance	0.0721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2A27 #27878A

analogous

#8A2756 #8A2A27 #8A5B27

triadic

#8A2A27 #278A2A #2A278A

tetradic

#8A2A27 #568A27 #27878A #5B278A

square

#8A2A27 #568A27 #27878A #5B278A

split-complementary

#8A2A27 #278A5B #27568A

monochromatic

#2B0D0C #5A1B1A #8A2A27 #BA3934 #D15E5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.60

#8A2A27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8A2A27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2A27

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2A27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2A27	1.00	8.60	2.44	8.60
#FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453F26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5424

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980F2A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2a27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 42, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.131 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36a61',
    500: '#8a2a27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2a27;
$custom-light: #b36a61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2a27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.818,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43172,
    "c": 0.13104,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.07206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2A27

secondary

#57B3B6

accent

#DBDF49

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2A27

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