#8A2C15#8A2C15

#8A2C15 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.132 H 34.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2C15
RGB	rgb(138, 44, 21)
HSL	hsl(12, 74%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(12, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 84.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.39, 38.84, 35.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.39, 52.59, 42.38°)
OKLab	oklab(43.2% 0.1089 0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(43.2% 0.132 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.5186, 7.2605, 1.5042)
Luminance	0.0726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2C15 #15738A

analogous

#8A1538 #8A2C15 #8A6615

triadic

#8A2C15 #158A2C #2C158A

tetradic

#8A2C15 #388A15 #15738A #66158A

square

#8A2C15 #388A15 #15738A #66158A

split-complementary

#8A2C15 #158A66 #15388A

monochromatic

#200A05 #551B0D #8A2C15 #BF3D1D #E15A39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.57

#8A2C15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8A2C15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2C15

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2C15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2C15	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)

#473F11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5410

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980F28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2c15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 44, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.132 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46a55',
    500: '#8a2c15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2c15;
$custom-light: #b46a55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2c15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.795,
    "s": 73.585,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43196,
    "c": 0.13248,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2C15

secondary

#3DA5BE

accent

#CCF038

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE8

border

#D1C6C4

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2C15

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

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