#8A2E27#8A2E27

#8A2E27 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.127 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2E27
RGB	rgb(138, 46, 39)
HSL	hsl(4, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(4, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 71.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.93, 38.70, 25.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.93, 46.47, 33.60°)
OKLab	oklab(43.67% 0.1122 0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(43.67% 0.127 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.8257, 7.5054, 2.7450)
Luminance	0.0750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2E27 #27838A

analogous

#8A2752 #8A2E27 #8A5F27

triadic

#8A2E27 #278A2E #2E278A

tetradic

#8A2E27 #528A27 #27838A #5F278A

square

#8A2E27 #528A27 #27838A #5F278A

split-complementary

#8A2E27 #278A5F #27528A

monochromatic

#2B0E0C #5A1E1A #8A2E27 #BA3E34 #D1635B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#8A2E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8A2E27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2E27

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2E27	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)

#474126

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5524

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98172D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 46, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.127 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36c61',
    500: '#8a2e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2e27;
$custom-light: #b36c61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.242,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43665,
    "c": 0.12683,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2E27

secondary

#57AFB6

accent

#D5DF49

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

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