#8A2E28#8A2E28

#8A2E28 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.127 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2E28
RGB	rgb(138, 46, 40)
HSL	hsl(4, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(4, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 71%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.95, 38.76, 25.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.95, 46.19, 32.95°)
OKLab	oklab(43.68% 0.1125 0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(43.68% 0.127 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.8425, 7.5121, 2.8335)
Luminance	0.0751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2E28 #28848A

analogous

#8A2853 #8A2E28 #8A5F28

triadic

#8A2E28 #288A2E #2E288A

tetradic

#8A2E28 #538A28 #28848A #5F288A

square

#8A2E28 #538A28 #28848A #5F288A

split-complementary

#8A2E28 #288A5F #28538A

monochromatic

#2B0E0C #5B1E1A #8A2E28 #B93E36 #D0645D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.39

#8A2E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8A2E28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2E28

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2E28	1.00	8.39	2.50	8.39
#FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5525

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98172D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 46, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.127 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36c62',
    500: '#8a2e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2e28;
$custom-light: #b36c62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.673,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4368,
    "c": 0.12665,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2E28

secondary

#59B0B5

accent

#D5DE49

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6ECEA

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2E28

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