#8A2C28#8A2C28

#8A2C28 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.129 H 26.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2C28
RGB	rgb(138, 44, 40)
HSL	hsl(2, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(2, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 71%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.61, 39.66, 24.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.61, 46.74, 31.94°)
OKLab	oklab(43.43% 0.1154 0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(43.43% 0.129 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.7662, 7.3595, 2.8080)
Luminance	0.0736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2C28 #28868A

analogous

#8A2855 #8A2C28 #8A5D28

triadic

#8A2C28 #288A2C #2C288A

tetradic

#8A2C28 #558A28 #28868A #5D288A

square

#8A2C28 #558A28 #28868A #5D288A

split-complementary

#8A2C28 #288A5D #28558A

monochromatic

#2B0E0C #5B1D1A #8A2C28 #B93B36 #D0615D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.50

#8A2C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8A2C28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2C28

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2C28	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)

#464027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5425

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98132C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 44, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.129 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36b62',
    500: '#8a2c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2c28;
$custom-light: #b36b62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.449,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4343,
    "c": 0.12878,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2C28

secondary

#59B1B5

accent

#D8DE49

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2C28

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