#8A2C22#8A2C22

#8A2C22 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.130 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2C22
RGB	rgb(138, 44, 34)
HSL	hsl(6, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(6, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 75.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.53, 39.35, 28.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.53, 48.46, 35.71°)
OKLab	oklab(43.34% 0.1131 0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(43.34% 0.13 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.6719, 7.3218, 2.3117)
Luminance	0.0732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2C22 #22808A

analogous

#8A224C #8A2C22 #8A6022

triadic

#8A2C22 #228A2C #2C228A

tetradic

#8A2C22 #4C8A22 #22808A #60228A

square

#8A2C22 #4C8A22 #22808A #60228A

split-complementary

#8A2C22 #228A60 #224C8A

monochromatic

#280D0A #591C16 #8A2C22 #BB3C2E #D45F52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.52

#8A2C22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8A2C22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2C22

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2C22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2C22	1.00	8.52	2.46	8.52
#FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464020

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E541F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98122A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2c22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 44, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.130 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36b5d',
    500: '#8a2c22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2c22;
$custom-light: #b36b5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2c22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.769,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43341,
    "c": 0.12985,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2C22

secondary

#50AEB8

accent

#D4E444

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2C22

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →