#8A2B16#8A2B16
#8A2B16 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.133 H 33.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #8A2B16 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(138, 43, 22) |
| HSL | hsl(11, 73%, 31%) |
| HSV | hsv(11, 84%, 54%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 84.1%, 45.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(32.24, 39.32, 34.78) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(32.24, 52.49, 41.50°) |
| OKLab | oklab(43.08% 0.1106 0.0743) |
| OKLCH | oklch(43.08% 0.133 33.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(11.4913, 7.1907, 1.5418) |
| Luminance | 0.0719 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Red Brown
#8B2E16
ΔE00 0.95
Brick Red
#8F1402
ΔE00 3.66
Reddish Brown
#7F2B0A
ΔE00 3.82
Brown Red
#922B05
ΔE00 4.00
Indian Red
#850E04
ΔE00 4.45
Burnt Red
#9F2305
ΔE00 4.81
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#8A2B16 #16758A
analogous
#8A163B #8A2B16 #8A6516
triadic
#8A2B16 #168A2B #2B168A
tetradic
#8A2B16 #3B8A16 #16758A #65168A
square
#8A2B16 #3B8A16 #16758A #65168A
split-complementary
#8A2B16 #168A65 #163B8A
monochromatic
#200A05 #551B0E #8A2B16 #BF3B1E #E0593B
Accessibility & contrast
On white
8.61
#8A2B16 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
On black
2.44
#8A2B16 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
Best text color
#FFFFFF on #8A2B16
8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##8A2B16 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##FFFFFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##8A2B16 | 1.00 | 8.61 | 2.44 | 8.61 |
| #FFFFFF | 8.61 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
| #000000 | 2.44 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 21.00 |
| ##FFFFFF | 8.61 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#473E13
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5E5411
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#980C27
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4C4C4C
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #8a2b16; /* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 43, 22); /* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.133 33.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#b46a55',
500: '#8a2b16',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #8a2b16; $custom-light: #b46a55; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#8a2b16",
"rgb": {
"r": 138,
"g": 43,
"b": 22
},
"hsl": {
"h": 10.862,
"s": 72.5,
"l": 31.373
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.43081,
"c": 0.13322,
"h": 33.9
},
"luminance": 0.07189
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#8A2B16
secondary
#3EA7BE
accent
#CEEF39
background
#FCF6F5
surface
#F8EBE9
border
#D1C6C5
text
#130703
muted
#827A78