#8A2B24#8A2B24

#8A2B24 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.131 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2B24
RGB	rgb(138, 43, 36)
HSL	hsl(4, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(4, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 73.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.39, 39.89, 26.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.39, 48.13, 34.02°)
OKLab	oklab(43.25% 0.1152 0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(43.25% 0.131 28)
XYZ	xyz(11.6648, 7.2601, 2.4558)
Luminance	0.0726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2B24 #24838A

analogous

#8A2450 #8A2B24 #8A5E24

triadic

#8A2B24 #248A2B #2B248A

tetradic

#8A2B24 #508A24 #24838A #5E248A

square

#8A2B24 #508A24 #24838A #5E248A

split-complementary

#8A2B24 #248A5E #24508A

monochromatic

#290D0B #591C17 #8A2B24 #BB3A31 #D35E56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.57

#8A2B24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8A2B24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2B24

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2B24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2B24	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)

#463F23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5421

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98102A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2b24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 43, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.131 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36a5f',
    500: '#8a2b24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2b24;
$custom-light: #b36a5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2b24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.118,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43247,
    "c": 0.13051,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.07258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2B24

secondary

#53B0B7

accent

#D7E246

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2B24

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