#8A2E29#8A2E29

#8A2E29 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.126 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2E29
RGB	rgb(138, 46, 41)
HSL	hsl(3, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(3, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 70.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.96, 38.82, 24.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.96, 45.91, 32.28°)
OKLab	oklab(43.7% 0.1129 0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(43.7% 0.126 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.8597, 7.5190, 2.9242)
Luminance	0.0752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2E29 #29858A

analogous

#8A2954 #8A2E29 #8A5F29

triadic

#8A2E29 #298A2E #2E298A

tetradic

#8A2E29 #548A29 #29858A #5F298A

square

#8A2E29 #548A29 #29858A #5F298A

split-complementary

#8A2E29 #298A5F #29548A

monochromatic

#2C0F0D #5B1E1B #8A2E29 #B93E37 #CF645E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.39

#8A2E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8A2E29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2E29

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2E29	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)

#474128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5526

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98172E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 46, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.126 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36c63',
    500: '#8a2e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2e29;
$custom-light: #b36c63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.093,
    "s": 54.19,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43696,
    "c": 0.12647,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2E29

secondary

#5AB0B5

accent

#D6DE4A

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6ECEA

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2E29

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