#8A2C24#8A2C24

#8A2C24 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.129 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2C24
RGB	rgb(138, 44, 36)
HSL	hsl(5, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(5, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 73.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.55, 39.45, 27.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.55, 47.87, 34.50°)
OKLab	oklab(43.37% 0.1138 0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(43.37% 0.129 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.7016, 7.3337, 2.4681)
Luminance	0.0733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2C24 #24828A

analogous

#8A244F #8A2C24 #8A5F24

triadic

#8A2C24 #248A2C #2C248A

tetradic

#8A2C24 #4F8A24 #24828A #5F248A

square

#8A2C24 #4F8A24 #24828A #5F248A

split-complementary

#8A2C24 #248A5F #244F8A

monochromatic

#290D0B #591D17 #8A2C24 #BB3B31 #D35F56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.51

#8A2C24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8A2C24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2C24

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2C24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2C24	1.00	8.51	2.47	8.51
#FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464022

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5421

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98122B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2c24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 44, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.129 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36b5f',
    500: '#8a2c24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2c24;
$custom-light: #b36b5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2c24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.706,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43369,
    "c": 0.12948,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2C24

secondary

#53AFB7

accent

#D6E246

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2C24

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

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