#8A2C25#8A2C25

#8A2C25 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.129 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2C25
RGB	rgb(138, 44, 37)
HSL	hsl(4, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(4, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 73.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.57, 39.50, 26.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.57, 47.58, 33.88°)
OKLab	oklab(43.38% 0.1142 0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(43.38% 0.129 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.7171, 7.3399, 2.5497)
Luminance	0.0734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2C25 #25838A

analogous

#8A2551 #8A2C25 #8A5F25

triadic

#8A2C25 #258A2C #2C258A

tetradic

#8A2C25 #518A25 #25838A #5F258A

square

#8A2C25 #518A25 #25838A #5F258A

split-complementary

#8A2C25 #258A5F #25518A

monochromatic

#290D0B #5A1D18 #8A2C25 #BA3B32 #D26057

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.51

#8A2C25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8A2C25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2C25

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2C25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2C25	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)

#464024

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5422

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98122B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2c25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 44, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.129 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36b60',
    500: '#8a2c25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2c25;
$custom-light: #b36b60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2c25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.158,
    "s": 57.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43384,
    "c": 0.1293,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2C25

secondary

#54B0B7

accent

#D6E147

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2C25

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