#8A2B21#8A2B21

#8A2B21 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.131 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2B21
RGB	rgb(138, 43, 33)
HSL	hsl(6, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(6, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.35, 39.75, 28.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.35, 49.02, 35.82°)
OKLab	oklab(43.21% 0.1141 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(43.21% 0.131 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.6209, 7.2425, 2.2246)
Luminance	0.0724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2B21 #21808A

analogous

#8A214B #8A2B21 #8A5F21

triadic

#8A2B21 #218A2B #2B218A

tetradic

#8A2B21 #4B8A21 #21808A #5F218A

square

#8A2B21 #4B8A21 #21808A #5F218A

split-complementary

#8A2B21 #218A5F #214B8A

monochromatic

#270C09 #591C15 #8A2B21 #BB3A2D #D55D50

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.58

#8A2B21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8A2B21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2B21

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2B21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2B21	1.00	8.58	2.45	8.58
#FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463F1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D541E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980F29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2b21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 43, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.131 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36a5d',
    500: '#8a2b21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2b21;
$custom-light: #b36a5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2b21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.714,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43205,
    "c": 0.13106,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2B21

secondary

#4EAEB9

accent

#D5E543

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2B21

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

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