#8A2D25#8A2D25

#8A2D25 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.128 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2D25
RGB	rgb(138, 45, 37)
HSL	hsl(5, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(5, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 73.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.73, 39.05, 26.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.73, 47.31, 34.37°)
OKLab	oklab(43.51% 0.1128 0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(43.51% 0.128 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.7548, 7.4153, 2.5622)
Luminance	0.0741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2D25 #25828A

analogous

#8A2550 #8A2D25 #8A5F25

triadic

#8A2D25 #258A2D #2D258A

tetradic

#8A2D25 #508A25 #25828A #5F258A

square

#8A2D25 #508A25 #25828A #5F258A

split-complementary

#8A2D25 #258A5F #25508A

monochromatic

#290E0B #5A1D18 #8A2D25 #BA3D32 #D26157

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.46

#8A2D25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8A2D25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2D25

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2D25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2D25	1.00	8.46	2.48	8.46
#FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474023

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5422

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98142C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2d25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 45, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.128 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36b60',
    500: '#8a2d25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2d25;
$custom-light: #b36b60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2d25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.752,
    "s": 57.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43508,
    "c": 0.12825,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2D25

secondary

#54AFB7

accent

#D5E147

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2D25

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

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