#8A2E23#8A2E23

#8A2E23 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.128 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2E23
RGB	rgb(138, 46, 35)
HSL	hsl(6, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(6, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 74.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.88, 38.50, 28.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.88, 47.65, 36.11°)
OKLab	oklab(43.61% 0.1106 0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(43.61% 0.128 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.7629, 7.4803, 2.4142)
Luminance	0.0748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2E23 #237F8A

analogous

#8A234C #8A2E23 #8A6223

triadic

#8A2E23 #238A2E #2E238A

tetradic

#8A2E23 #4C8A23 #237F8A #62238A

square

#8A2E23 #4C8A23 #237F8A #62238A

split-complementary

#8A2E23 #238A62 #234C8A

monochromatic

#280D0A #591E17 #8A2E23 #BB3E2F #D46154

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.41

#8A2E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8A2E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2E23

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2E23	1.00	8.41	2.50	8.41
#FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5520

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98162C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 46, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.128 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36c5e',
    500: '#8a2e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2e23;
$custom-light: #b36c5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.408,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43606,
    "c": 0.1276,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2E23

secondary

#51ADB7

accent

#D2E345

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2E23

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

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