#8A2C17#8A2C17

#8A2C17 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.132 H 34.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2C17
RGB	rgb(138, 44, 23)
HSL	hsl(11, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(11, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 83.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.41, 38.91, 34.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.41, 51.95, 41.50°)
OKLab	oklab(43.21% 0.1095 0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(43.21% 0.132 34)
XYZ	xyz(11.5379, 7.2682, 1.6058)
Luminance	0.0727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2C17 #17758A

analogous

#8A173B #8A2C17 #8A6617

triadic

#8A2C17 #178A2C #2C178A

tetradic

#8A2C17 #3B8A17 #17758A #66178A

square

#8A2C17 #3B8A17 #17758A #66178A

split-complementary

#8A2C17 #178A66 #173B8A

monochromatic

#210B06 #561B0E #8A2C17 #BE3D20 #DF5A3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#8A2C17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8A2C17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2C17

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2C17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2C17	1.00	8.56	2.45	8.56
#FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#473F14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5413

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980F28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2c17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 44, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.132 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46a56',
    500: '#8a2c17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2c17;
$custom-light: #b46a56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2c17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.957,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43214,
    "c": 0.13209,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.07266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2C17

secondary

#3FA7BE

accent

#CDEE3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2C17

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

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