#8A2E17#8A2E17

#8A2E17 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.130 H 35.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2E17
RGB	rgb(138, 46, 23)
HSL	hsl(12, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(12, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 83.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.75, 38.00, 34.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.75, 51.49, 42.43°)
OKLab	oklab(43.47% 0.1067 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(43.47% 0.13 35)
XYZ	xyz(11.6142, 7.4208, 1.6313)
Luminance	0.0742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2E17 #17738A

analogous

#8A173A #8A2E17 #8A6817

triadic

#8A2E17 #178A2E #2E178A

tetradic

#8A2E17 #3A8A17 #17738A #68178A

square

#8A2E17 #3A8A17 #17738A #68178A

split-complementary

#8A2E17 #178A68 #173A8A

monochromatic

#210B06 #561D0E #8A2E17 #BE3F20 #DF5D3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.45

#8A2E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8A2E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2E17

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2E17	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)

#484013

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5513

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98142A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 46, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.130 35.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46b56',
    500: '#8a2e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2e17;
$custom-light: #b46b56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43467,
    "c": 0.13018,
    "h": 35
  },
  "luminance": 0.07419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2E17

secondary

#3FA4BE

accent

#CAEE3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2E17

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

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