#8A2C23#8A2C23

#8A2C23 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.130 H 28.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2C23
RGB	rgb(138, 44, 35)
HSL	hsl(5, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(5, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 74.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.54, 39.40, 27.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.54, 48.16, 35.11°)
OKLab	oklab(43.36% 0.1135 0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(43.36% 0.13 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.6866, 7.3277, 2.3888)
Luminance	0.0733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2C23 #23818A

analogous

#8A234E #8A2C23 #8A6023

triadic

#8A2C23 #238A2C #2C238A

tetradic

#8A2C23 #4E8A23 #23818A #60238A

square

#8A2C23 #4E8A23 #23818A #60238A

split-complementary

#8A2C23 #238A60 #234E8A

monochromatic

#280D0A #591C17 #8A2C23 #BB3C2F #D45F54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.52

#8A2C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8A2C23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2C23

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2C23	1.00	8.52	2.47	8.52
#FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464021

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5420

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98122B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 44, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.130 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36b5e',
    500: '#8a2c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2c23;
$custom-light: #b36b5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.243,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43355,
    "c": 0.12966,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2C23

secondary

#51AFB7

accent

#D5E345

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2C23

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

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