#8A2E26#8A2E26

#8A2E26 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.127 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2E26
RGB	rgb(138, 46, 38)
HSL	hsl(5, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(5, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 72.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.92, 38.65, 26.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.92, 46.76, 34.25°)
OKLab	oklab(43.65% 0.1118 0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(43.65% 0.127 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.8093, 7.4989, 2.6589)
Luminance	0.0750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2E26 #26828A

analogous

#8A2650 #8A2E26 #8A6026

triadic

#8A2E26 #268A2E #2E268A

tetradic

#8A2E26 #508A26 #26828A #60268A

square

#8A2E26 #508A26 #26828A #60268A

split-complementary

#8A2E26 #268A60 #26508A

monochromatic

#2A0E0C #5A1E19 #8A2E26 #BA3E33 #D16359

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#8A2E26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8A2E26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2E26

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2E26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2E26	1.00	8.40	2.50	8.40
#FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474125

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5523

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98172D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2e26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 46, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.127 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36c60',
    500: '#8a2e26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2e26;
$custom-light: #b36c60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2e26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.8,
    "s": 56.818,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43649,
    "c": 0.12702,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2E26

secondary

#56AEB6

accent

#D4E048

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2E26

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