#8A2B26#8A2B26

#8A2B26 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.130 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2B26
RGB	rgb(138, 43, 38)
HSL	hsl(3, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(3, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 72.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.42, 39.99, 25.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.42, 47.56, 32.76°)
OKLab	oklab(43.28% 0.116 0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(43.28% 0.13 27)
XYZ	xyz(11.6962, 7.2727, 2.6212)
Luminance	0.0727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2B26 #26858A

analogous

#8A2653 #8A2B26 #8A5D26

triadic

#8A2B26 #268A2B #2B268A

tetradic

#8A2B26 #538A26 #26858A #5D268A

square

#8A2B26 #538A26 #26858A #5D268A

split-complementary

#8A2B26 #268A5D #26538A

monochromatic

#2A0D0C #5A1C19 #8A2B26 #BA3A33 #D15F59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#8A2B26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8A2B26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2B26

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2B26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2B26	1.00	8.56	2.45	8.56
#FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453F25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5423

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98112B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2b26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 43, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.130 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36a60',
    500: '#8a2b26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2b26;
$custom-light: #b36a60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2b26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3,
    "s": 56.818,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43277,
    "c": 0.13017,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.07271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2B26

secondary

#56B1B6

accent

#D8E048

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2B26

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