#8A2D28#8A2D28

#8A2D28 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.128 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2D28
RGB	rgb(138, 45, 40)
HSL	hsl(3, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(3, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 71%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.78, 39.21, 24.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.78, 46.46, 32.44°)
OKLab	oklab(43.55% 0.114 0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(43.55% 0.128 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.8039, 7.4349, 2.8206)
Luminance	0.0743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2D28 #28858A

analogous

#8A2854 #8A2D28 #8A5E28

triadic

#8A2D28 #288A2D #2D288A

tetradic

#8A2D28 #548A28 #28858A #5E288A

square

#8A2D28 #548A28 #28858A #5E288A

split-complementary

#8A2D28 #288A5E #28548A

monochromatic

#2B0E0C #5B1E1A #8A2D28 #B93C36 #D0625D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.45

#8A2D28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8A2D28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2D28

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2D28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2D28	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)

#464027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5525

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98152D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2d28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 45, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.128 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36b62',
    500: '#8a2d28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2d28;
$custom-light: #b36b62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2d28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.061,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43554,
    "c": 0.12772,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2D28

secondary

#59B0B5

accent

#D7DE49

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2D28

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