#8A2A29#8A2A29

#8A2A29 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.131 H 25.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2A29
RGB	rgb(138, 42, 41)
HSL	hsl(1, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(1, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 70.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.30, 40.59, 23.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.30, 47.02, 30.31°)
OKLab	oklab(43.21% 0.1185 0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(43.21% 0.131 25)
XYZ	xyz(11.7107, 7.2210, 2.8745)
Luminance	0.0722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2A29 #29898A

analogous

#8A2958 #8A2A29 #8A5B29

triadic

#8A2A29 #298A2A #2A298A

tetradic

#8A2A29 #588A29 #29898A #5B298A

square

#8A2A29 #588A29 #29898A #5B298A

split-complementary

#8A2A29 #298A5B #29588A

monochromatic

#2C0D0D #5B1C1B #8A2A29 #B93837 #CF5F5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.59

#8A2A29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8A2A29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2A29

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2A29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2A29	1.00	8.59	2.44	8.59
#FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443F28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5426

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980F2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2a29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 42, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.131 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36a63',
    500: '#8a2a29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2a29;
$custom-light: #b36a63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2a29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.619,
    "s": 54.19,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43205,
    "c": 0.13075,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.07219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2A29

secondary

#5AB4B5

accent

#DCDE4A

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2A29

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