#8A2D27#8A2D27

#8A2D27 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.128 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2D27
RGB	rgb(138, 45, 39)
HSL	hsl(4, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(4, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 71.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.76, 39.16, 25.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.76, 46.74, 33.09°)
OKLab	oklab(43.54% 0.1136 0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(43.54% 0.128 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.7871, 7.4282, 2.7322)
Luminance	0.0743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2D27 #27848A

analogous

#8A2753 #8A2D27 #8A5E27

triadic

#8A2D27 #278A2D #2D278A

tetradic

#8A2D27 #538A27 #27848A #5E278A

square

#8A2D27 #538A27 #27848A #5E278A

split-complementary

#8A2D27 #278A5E #27538A

monochromatic

#2B0E0C #5A1D1A #8A2D27 #BA3D34 #D1625B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.45

#8A2D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8A2D27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2D27

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2D27	1.00	8.45	2.49	8.45
#FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474026

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5524

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98152C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 45, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.128 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36b61',
    500: '#8a2d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2d27;
$custom-light: #b36b61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.636,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43538,
    "c": 0.12789,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2D27

secondary

#57B0B6

accent

#D6DF49

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2D27

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

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