#8A2D17#8A2D17

#8A2D17 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.131 H 34.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2D17
RGB	rgb(138, 45, 23)
HSL	hsl(11, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(11, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 83.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.58, 38.46, 34.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.58, 51.72, 41.96°)
OKLab	oklab(43.34% 0.1081 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(43.34% 0.131 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.5756, 7.3436, 1.6184)
Luminance	0.0734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2D17 #17748A

analogous

#8A173B #8A2D17 #8A6717

triadic

#8A2D17 #178A2D #2D178A

tetradic

#8A2D17 #3B8A17 #17748A #67178A

square

#8A2D17 #3B8A17 #17748A #67178A

split-complementary

#8A2D17 #178A67 #173B8A

monochromatic

#210B06 #561C0E #8A2D17 #BE3E20 #DF5C3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.51

#8A2D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8A2D17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2D17

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2D17	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)

#484014

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5413

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981129

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 45, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.131 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46b56',
    500: '#8a2d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2d17;
$custom-light: #b46b56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.478,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43339,
    "c": 0.13114,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2D17

secondary

#3FA5BE

accent

#CCEE3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2D17

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

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