#8A2E21#8A2E21

#8A2E21 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.128 H 30.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2E21
RGB	rgb(138, 46, 33)
HSL	hsl(7, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(7, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.85, 38.40, 29.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.85, 48.27, 37.29°)
OKLab	oklab(43.58% 0.1099 0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(43.58% 0.128 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.7340, 7.4688, 2.2623)
Luminance	0.0747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2E21 #217D8A

analogous

#8A2148 #8A2E21 #8A6221

triadic

#8A2E21 #218A2E #2E218A

tetradic

#8A2E21 #488A21 #217D8A #62218A

square

#8A2E21 #488A21 #217D8A #62218A

split-complementary

#8A2E21 #218A62 #21488A

monochromatic

#270D09 #591E15 #8A2E21 #BB3E2D #D56150

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.42

#8A2E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8A2E21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2E21

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2E21	1.00	8.42	2.49	8.42
#FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48411F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F551E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98152C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 46, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.128 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36c5d',
    500: '#8a2e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2e21;
$custom-light: #b36c5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.429,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43579,
    "c": 0.12802,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2E21

secondary

#4EABB9

accent

#D1E543

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2E21

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