#8A2B2B#8A2B2B

#8A2B2B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.129 H 24.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2B2B
RGB	rgb(138, 43, 43)
HSL	hsl(0, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(0, 69%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 68.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.50, 40.27, 22.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.50, 46.23, 29.42°)
OKLab	oklab(43.36% 0.118 0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(43.36% 0.129 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.7824, 7.3071, 3.0750)
Luminance	0.0731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2B2B #2B8A8A

analogous

#8A2B5A #8A2B2B #8A5A2B

triadic

#8A2B2B #2B8A2B #2B2B8A

tetradic

#8A2B2B #5A8A2B #2B8A8A #5A2B8A

square

#8A2B2B #5A8A2B #2B8A8A #5A2B8A

split-complementary

#8A2B2B #2B8A5A #2B5A8A

monochromatic

#2D0E0E #5B1C1C #8A2B2B #B93A3A #CE6161

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.53

#8A2B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8A2B2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2B2B

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2B2B	1.00	8.53	2.46	8.53
#FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#45402A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5428

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98122C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 43, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.129 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36a64',
    500: '#8a2b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2b2b;
$custom-light: #b36a64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 52.486,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43358,
    "c": 0.12941,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2B2B

secondary

#5DB4B4

accent

#DCDC4C

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2B2B

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

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