#8A2B22#8A2B22

#8A2B22 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.131 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2B22
RGB	rgb(138, 43, 34)
HSL	hsl(5, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(5, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 75.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.37, 39.79, 28.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.37, 48.72, 35.23°)
OKLab	oklab(43.22% 0.1145 0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(43.22% 0.131 29)
XYZ	xyz(11.6351, 7.2482, 2.2994)
Luminance	0.0725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2B22 #22818A

analogous

#8A224D #8A2B22 #8A5F22

triadic

#8A2B22 #228A2B #2B228A

tetradic

#8A2B22 #4D8A22 #22818A #5F228A

square

#8A2B22 #4D8A22 #22818A #5F228A

split-complementary

#8A2B22 #228A5F #224D8A

monochromatic

#280C0A #591C16 #8A2B22 #BB3A2E #D45D52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.57

#8A2B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8A2B22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2B22

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2B22	1.00	8.57	2.45	8.57
#FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463F20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D541F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980F2A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 43, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.131 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36a5d',
    500: '#8a2b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2b22;
$custom-light: #b36a5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.192,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43218,
    "c": 0.13087,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.07247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2B22

secondary

#50AFB8

accent

#D6E444

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2B22

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