#8A2E24#8A2E24

#8A2E24 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.127 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2E24
RGB	rgb(138, 46, 36)
HSL	hsl(6, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(6, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 73.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.89, 38.55, 27.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.89, 47.35, 35.50°)
OKLab	oklab(43.62% 0.111 0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(43.62% 0.127 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.7779, 7.4863, 2.4935)
Luminance	0.0748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2E24 #24808A

analogous

#8A244D #8A2E24 #8A6124

triadic

#8A2E24 #248A2E #2E248A

tetradic

#8A2E24 #4D8A24 #24808A #61248A

square

#8A2E24 #4D8A24 #24808A #61248A

split-complementary

#8A2E24 #248A61 #244D8A

monochromatic

#290E0B #591E17 #8A2E24 #BB3E31 #D36256

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.41

#8A2E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8A2E24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2E24

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2E24	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)

#474122

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5521

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98162C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 46, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.127 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36c5f',
    500: '#8a2e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2e24;
$custom-light: #b36c5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.882,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4362,
    "c": 0.1274,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2E24

secondary

#53ADB7

accent

#D3E246

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2E24

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