#8A2E22#8A2E22

#8A2E22 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.128 H 30.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2E22
RGB	rgb(138, 46, 34)
HSL	hsl(7, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(7, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 75.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.86, 38.45, 28.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.86, 47.96, 36.71°)
OKLab	oklab(43.59% 0.1103 0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(43.59% 0.128 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.7482, 7.4744, 2.3372)
Luminance	0.0747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2E22 #227E8A

analogous

#8A224A #8A2E22 #8A6222

triadic

#8A2E22 #228A2E #2E228A

tetradic

#8A2E22 #4A8A22 #227E8A #62228A

square

#8A2E22 #4A8A22 #227E8A #62228A

split-complementary

#8A2E22 #228A62 #224A8A

monochromatic

#280D0A #591E16 #8A2E22 #BB3E2E #D46152

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.42

#8A2E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8A2E22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2E22

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2E22	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)

#484120

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F551F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98162C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 46, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.128 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36c5e',
    500: '#8a2e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2e22;
$custom-light: #b36c5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.923,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43592,
    "c": 0.12781,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2E22

secondary

#50ACB8

accent

#D1E444

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

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