#8A2E20#8A2E20

#8A2E20 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.128 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2E20
RGB	rgb(138, 46, 32)
HSL	hsl(8, 62%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(8, 77%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 76.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.84, 38.36, 29.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.84, 48.58, 37.86°)
OKLab	oklab(43.57% 0.1096 0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(43.57% 0.128 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.7202, 7.4632, 2.1896)
Luminance	0.0746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2E20 #207C8A

analogous

#8A2047 #8A2E20 #8A6320

triadic

#8A2E20 #208A2E #2E208A

tetradic

#8A2E20 #478A20 #207C8A #63208A

square

#8A2E20 #478A20 #207C8A #63208A

split-complementary

#8A2E20 #208A63 #20478A

monochromatic

#270D09 #581D14 #8A2E20 #BC3F2C #D6604E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.43

#8A2E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8A2E20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2E20

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2E20	1.00	8.43	2.49	8.43
#FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48401E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F551D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98152B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 46, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.128 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36c5c',
    500: '#8a2e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2e20;
$custom-light: #b36c5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.925,
    "s": 62.353,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43566,
    "c": 0.12824,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2E20

secondary

#4DABB9

accent

#D0E542

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2E20

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