#8A2B17#8A2B17

#8A2B17 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.133 H 33.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2B17
RGB	rgb(138, 43, 23)
HSL	hsl(10, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(10, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 83.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.25, 39.35, 34.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.25, 52.18, 41.05°)
OKLab	oklab(43.09% 0.1109 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(43.09% 0.133 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.5011, 7.1946, 1.5935)
Luminance	0.0719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2B17 #17768A

analogous

#8A173D #8A2B17 #8A6517

triadic

#8A2B17 #178A2B #2B178A

tetradic

#8A2B17 #3D8A17 #17768A #65178A

square

#8A2B17 #3D8A17 #17768A #65178A

split-complementary

#8A2B17 #178A65 #173D8A

monochromatic

#210A06 #561B0E #8A2B17 #BE3B20 #DF593D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.61

#8A2B17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8A2B17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2B17

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2B17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2B17	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)

#473F14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5413

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980C27

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2b17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 43, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.133 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46a56',
    500: '#8a2b17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2b17;
$custom-light: #b46a56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2b17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.435,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43091,
    "c": 0.13303,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2B17

secondary

#3FA8BE

accent

#CFEE3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2B17

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

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