#8A2C20#8A2C20

#8A2C20 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.130 H 30.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2C20
RGB	rgb(138, 44, 32)
HSL	hsl(7, 62%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(7, 77%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 76.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.50, 39.26, 29.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.50, 49.08, 36.88°)
OKLab	oklab(43.31% 0.1124 0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(43.31% 0.13 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.6439, 7.3106, 2.1642)
Luminance	0.0731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2C20 #207E8A

analogous

#8A2049 #8A2C20 #8A6120

triadic

#8A2C20 #208A2C #2C208A

tetradic

#8A2C20 #498A20 #207E8A #61208A

square

#8A2C20 #498A20 #207E8A #61208A

split-complementary

#8A2C20 #208A61 #20498A

monochromatic

#270C09 #581C14 #8A2C20 #BC3C2C #D65E4E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.53

#8A2C20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8A2C20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2C20

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2C20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2C20	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)

#473F1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E541D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98112A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2c20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 44, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.130 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36b5c',
    500: '#8a2c20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2c20;
$custom-light: #b36b5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2c20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.792,
    "s": 62.353,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43314,
    "c": 0.13025,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2C20

secondary

#4DADB9

accent

#D3E542

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2C20

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

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