#8A2B27#8A2B27

#8A2B27 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.130 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2B27
RGB	rgb(138, 43, 39)
HSL	hsl(2, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(2, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 71.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.43, 40.05, 25.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.43, 47.28, 32.11°)
OKLab	oklab(43.29% 0.1164 0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(43.29% 0.13 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.7126, 7.2792, 2.7073)
Luminance	0.0728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2B27 #27868A

analogous

#8A2755 #8A2B27 #8A5C27

triadic

#8A2B27 #278A2B #2B278A

tetradic

#8A2B27 #558A27 #27868A #5C278A

square

#8A2B27 #558A27 #27868A #5C278A

split-complementary

#8A2B27 #278A5C #27558A

monochromatic

#2B0D0C #5A1C1A #8A2B27 #BA3A34 #D1605B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.55

#8A2B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8A2B27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2B27

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2B27	1.00	8.55	2.46	8.55
#FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453F26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5424

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98112B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 43, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.130 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36a61',
    500: '#8a2b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2b27;
$custom-light: #b36a61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.424,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43292,
    "c": 0.13,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2B27

secondary

#57B2B6

accent

#D9DF49

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2B27

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

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