#8A2D26#8A2D26

#8A2D26 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.128 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2D26
RGB	rgb(138, 45, 38)
HSL	hsl(4, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(4, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 72.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.75, 39.10, 26.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.75, 47.02, 33.74°)
OKLab	oklab(43.52% 0.1132 0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(43.52% 0.128 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.7707, 7.4217, 2.6461)
Luminance	0.0742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2D26 #26838A

analogous

#8A2651 #8A2D26 #8A5F26

triadic

#8A2D26 #268A2D #2D268A

tetradic

#8A2D26 #518A26 #26838A #5F268A

square

#8A2D26 #518A26 #26838A #5F268A

split-complementary

#8A2D26 #268A5F #26518A

monochromatic

#2A0E0C #5A1D19 #8A2D26 #BA3D33 #D16259

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.45

#8A2D26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8A2D26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2D26

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2D26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2D26	1.00	8.45	2.48	8.45
#FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474025

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5523

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98152C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2d26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 45, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.128 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36b60',
    500: '#8a2d26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2d26;
$custom-light: #b36b60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2d26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.2,
    "s": 56.818,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43523,
    "c": 0.12807,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2D26

secondary

#56AFB6

accent

#D5E048

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2D26

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