#8A2C18#8A2C18

#8A2C18 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.132 H 33.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2C18
RGB	rgb(138, 44, 24)
HSL	hsl(11, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(11, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 82.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.42, 38.94, 33.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.42, 51.63, 41.03°)
OKLab	oklab(43.22% 0.1098 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(43.22% 0.132 33.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.5481, 7.2723, 1.6596)
Luminance	0.0727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2C18 #18768A

analogous

#8A183D #8A2C18 #8A6518

triadic

#8A2C18 #188A2C #2C188A

tetradic

#8A2C18 #3D8A18 #18768A #65188A

square

#8A2C18 #3D8A18 #18768A #65188A

split-complementary

#8A2C18 #188A65 #183D8A

monochromatic

#220B06 #561B0F #8A2C18 #BE3D21 #DE5B3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#8A2C18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8A2C18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2C18

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2C18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2C18	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)

#473F15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5414

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980F28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2c18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 44, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.132 33.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46a57',
    500: '#8a2c18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2c18;
$custom-light: #b46a57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2c18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.526,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43224,
    "c": 0.13188,
    "h": 33.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2C18

secondary

#40A7BD

accent

#CEED3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2C18

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