#8A2A28#8A2A28

#8A2A28 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.131 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2A28
RGB	rgb(138, 42, 40)
HSL	hsl(1, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(1, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 71%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.29, 40.53, 24.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.29, 47.28, 30.98°)
OKLab	oklab(43.19% 0.1181 0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(43.19% 0.131 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.6934, 7.2141, 2.7838)
Luminance	0.0721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2A28 #28888A

analogous

#8A2857 #8A2A28 #8A5B28

triadic

#8A2A28 #288A2A #2A288A

tetradic

#8A2A28 #578A28 #28888A #5B288A

square

#8A2A28 #578A28 #28888A #5B288A

split-complementary

#8A2A28 #288A5B #28578A

monochromatic

#2B0D0C #5B1C1A #8A2A28 #B93836 #D05F5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.60

#8A2A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8A2A28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2A28

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2A28	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)

#453F27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5425

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980F2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 42, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.131 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36a62',
    500: '#8a2a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2a28;
$custom-light: #b36a62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.224,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43188,
    "c": 0.1309,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2A28

secondary

#59B3B5

accent

#DBDE49

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2A28

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