#8A2D29#8A2D29

#8A2D29 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.128 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2D29
RGB	rgb(138, 45, 41)
HSL	hsl(2, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(2, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 70.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.79, 39.27, 24.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.79, 46.19, 31.77°)
OKLab	oklab(43.57% 0.1144 0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(43.57% 0.128 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.8211, 7.4418, 2.9113)
Luminance	0.0744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2D29 #29868A

analogous

#8A2956 #8A2D29 #8A5D29

triadic

#8A2D29 #298A2D #2D298A

tetradic

#8A2D29 #568A29 #29868A #5D298A

square

#8A2D29 #568A29 #29868A #5D298A

split-complementary

#8A2D29 #298A5D #29568A

monochromatic

#2C0E0D #5B1E1B #8A2D29 #B93C37 #CF635E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.44

#8A2D29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8A2D29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2D29

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2D29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2D29	1.00	8.44	2.49	8.44
#FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5526

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98162D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2d29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 45, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.128 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36b63',
    500: '#8a2d29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2d29;
$custom-light: #b36b63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2d29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.474,
    "s": 54.19,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4357,
    "c": 0.12755,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2D29

secondary

#5AB1B5

accent

#D7DE4A

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2D29

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

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