#8A2E18#8A2E18

#8A2E18 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.130 H 34.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2E18
RGB	rgb(138, 46, 24)
HSL	hsl(12, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(12, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 82.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.76, 38.04, 34.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.76, 51.16, 41.98°)
OKLab	oklab(43.48% 0.107 0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(43.48% 0.13 34.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.6244, 7.4249, 1.6850)
Luminance	0.0742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2E18 #18748A

analogous

#8A183B #8A2E18 #8A6718

triadic

#8A2E18 #188A2E #2E188A

tetradic

#8A2E18 #3B8A18 #18748A #67188A

square

#8A2E18 #3B8A18 #18748A #67188A

split-complementary

#8A2E18 #188A67 #183B8A

monochromatic

#220B06 #561D0F #8A2E18 #BE3F21 #DE5D3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.45

#8A2E18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8A2E18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2E18

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2E18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2E18	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)

#484015

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5514

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98142A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2e18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 46, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.130 34.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46b57',
    500: '#8a2e18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2e18;
$custom-light: #b46b57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2e18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.579,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43477,
    "c": 0.12996,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2E18

secondary

#40A5BD

accent

#CBED3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2E18

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