#8A2B28#8A2B28

#8A2B28 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.130 H 25.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2B28
RGB	rgb(138, 43, 40)
HSL	hsl(2, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(2, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 71%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.45, 40.10, 24.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.45, 47.01, 31.45°)
OKLab	oklab(43.31% 0.1168 0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(43.31% 0.13 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.7294, 7.2859, 2.7958)
Luminance	0.0728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2B28 #28878A

analogous

#8A2856 #8A2B28 #8A5C28

triadic

#8A2B28 #288A2B #2B288A

tetradic

#8A2B28 #568A28 #28878A #5C288A

square

#8A2B28 #568A28 #28878A #5C288A

split-complementary

#8A2B28 #288A5C #28568A

monochromatic

#2B0D0C #5B1C1A #8A2B28 #B93A36 #D0605D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.55

#8A2B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8A2B28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2B28

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2B28	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)

#453F27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5425

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98112B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 43, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.130 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36a62',
    500: '#8a2b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2b28;
$custom-light: #b36a62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.837,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43308,
    "c": 0.12985,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2B28

secondary

#59B2B5

accent

#DADE49

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2B28

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

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