#8A2C27#8A2C27

#8A2C27 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.129 H 26.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2C27
RGB	rgb(138, 44, 39)
HSL	hsl(3, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(3, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 71.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.60, 39.60, 25.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.60, 47.01, 32.60°)
OKLab	oklab(43.41% 0.115 0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(43.41% 0.129 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.7494, 7.3528, 2.7196)
Luminance	0.0735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2C27 #27858A

analogous

#8A2754 #8A2C27 #8A5D27

triadic

#8A2C27 #278A2C #2C278A

tetradic

#8A2C27 #548A27 #27858A #5D278A

square

#8A2C27 #548A27 #27858A #5D278A

split-complementary

#8A2C27 #278A5D #27548A

monochromatic

#2B0E0C #5A1D1A #8A2C27 #BA3B34 #D1615B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.50

#8A2C27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8A2C27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2C27

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2C27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2C27	1.00	8.50	2.47	8.50
#FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464026

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5424

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98132C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2c27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 44, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.129 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36b61',
    500: '#8a2c27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2c27;
$custom-light: #b36b61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2c27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.03,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43414,
    "c": 0.12895,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2C27

secondary

#57B1B6

accent

#D8DF49

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2C27

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