#8A2D22#8A2D22

#8A2D22 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.129 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2D22
RGB	rgb(138, 45, 34)
HSL	hsl(6, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(6, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 75.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.69, 38.90, 28.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.69, 48.21, 36.20°)
OKLab	oklab(43.47% 0.1117 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(43.47% 0.129 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.7096, 7.3972, 2.3243)
Luminance	0.0740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2D22 #227F8A

analogous

#8A224B #8A2D22 #8A6122

triadic

#8A2D22 #228A2D #2D228A

tetradic

#8A2D22 #4B8A22 #227F8A #61228A

square

#8A2D22 #4B8A22 #227F8A #61228A

split-complementary

#8A2D22 #228A61 #224B8A

monochromatic

#280D0A #591D16 #8A2D22 #BB3D2E #D46052

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.47

#8A2D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8A2D22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2D22

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2D22	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)

#474020

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E541F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98142B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 45, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.129 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36b5d',
    500: '#8a2d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2d22;
$custom-light: #b36b5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.346,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43466,
    "c": 0.12884,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2D22

secondary

#50ADB8

accent

#D3E444

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2D22

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

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