#8A2C14#8A2C14

#8A2C14 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.133 H 35.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2C14
RGB	rgb(138, 44, 20)
HSL	hsl(12, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(12, 86%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 85.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.38, 38.81, 35.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.38, 52.90, 42.80°)
OKLab	oklab(43.19% 0.1086 0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(43.19% 0.133 35)
XYZ	xyz(11.5095, 7.2569, 1.4564)
Luminance	0.0726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2C14 #14728A

analogous

#8A1437 #8A2C14 #8A6714

triadic

#8A2C14 #148A2C #2C148A

tetradic

#8A2C14 #378A14 #14728A #67148A

square

#8A2C14 #378A14 #14728A #67148A

split-complementary

#8A2C14 #148A67 #14378A

monochromatic

#1F0A05 #551B0C #8A2C14 #BF3D1C #E25936

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.57

#8A2C14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8A2C14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2C14

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2C14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2C14	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)

#473F10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F540F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980E27

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2c14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 44, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.133 35.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46a54',
    500: '#8a2c14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2c14;
$custom-light: #b46a54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2c14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.203,
    "s": 74.684,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43187,
    "c": 0.13268,
    "h": 35
  },
  "luminance": 0.07255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2C14

secondary

#3CA4BE

accent

#CBF136

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2C14

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

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