#8A2C29#8A2C29

#8A2C29 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.129 H 25.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2C29
RGB	rgb(138, 44, 41)
HSL	hsl(2, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(2, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 70.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.63, 39.72, 24.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.63, 46.47, 31.27°)
OKLab	oklab(43.45% 0.1158 0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(43.45% 0.129 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.7834, 7.3664, 2.8988)
Luminance	0.0736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2C29 #29878A

analogous

#8A2956 #8A2C29 #8A5D29

triadic

#8A2C29 #298A2C #2C298A

tetradic

#8A2C29 #568A29 #29878A #5D298A

square

#8A2C29 #568A29 #29878A #5D298A

split-complementary

#8A2C29 #298A5D #29568A

monochromatic

#2C0E0D #5B1D1B #8A2C29 #B93B37 #CF625E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.49

#8A2C29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8A2C29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2C29

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2C29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2C29	1.00	8.49	2.47	8.49
#FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5426

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98142C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2c29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 44, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.129 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36b63',
    500: '#8a2c29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2c29;
$custom-light: #b36b63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2c29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.856,
    "s": 54.19,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43446,
    "c": 0.12862,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2C29

secondary

#5AB2B5

accent

#D9DE4A

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2C29

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

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