#8A2D21#8A2D21

#8A2D21 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.129 H 30.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2D21
RGB	rgb(138, 45, 33)
HSL	hsl(7, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(7, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.68, 38.86, 29.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.68, 48.52, 36.79°)
OKLab	oklab(43.45% 0.1113 0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(43.45% 0.129 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.6954, 7.3915, 2.2494)
Luminance	0.0739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2D21 #217E8A

analogous

#8A2149 #8A2D21 #8A6121

triadic

#8A2D21 #218A2D #2D218A

tetradic

#8A2D21 #498A21 #217E8A #61218A

square

#8A2D21 #498A21 #217E8A #61218A

split-complementary

#8A2D21 #218A61 #21498A

monochromatic

#270D09 #591D15 #8A2D21 #BB3D2D #D55F50

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.47

#8A2D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8A2D21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2D21

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2D21	1.00	8.47	2.48	8.47
#FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#47401F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E541E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98132B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 45, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.129 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36b5d',
    500: '#8a2d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2d21;
$custom-light: #b36b5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.857,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43452,
    "c": 0.12904,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2D21

secondary

#4EACB9

accent

#D2E543

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2D21

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

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