#8A2D23#8A2D23

#8A2D23 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.129 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2D23
RGB	rgb(138, 45, 35)
HSL	hsl(6, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(6, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 74.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.71, 38.95, 27.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.71, 47.91, 35.60°)
OKLab	oklab(43.48% 0.1121 0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(43.48% 0.129 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.7243, 7.4031, 2.4014)
Luminance	0.0740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2D23 #23808A

analogous

#8A234D #8A2D23 #8A6123

triadic

#8A2D23 #238A2D #2D238A

tetradic

#8A2D23 #4D8A23 #23808A #61238A

square

#8A2D23 #4D8A23 #23808A #61238A

split-complementary

#8A2D23 #238A61 #234D8A

monochromatic

#280D0A #591D17 #8A2D23 #BB3D2F #D46054

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.47

#8A2D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8A2D23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2D23

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2D23	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)

#474021

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5420

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98142B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 45, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.129 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36b5e',
    500: '#8a2d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2d23;
$custom-light: #b36b5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.825,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43479,
    "c": 0.12864,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2D23

secondary

#51AEB7

accent

#D3E345

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2D23

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

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