#8A2E2A#8A2E2A

#8A2E2A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.126 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2E2A
RGB	rgb(138, 46, 42)
HSL	hsl(3, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(3, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 69.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.98, 38.87, 23.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.98, 45.64, 31.60°)
OKLab	oklab(43.71% 0.1133 0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(43.71% 0.126 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.8774, 7.5261, 3.0173)
Luminance	0.0752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2E2A #2A868A

analogous

#8A2A56 #8A2E2A #8A5E2A

triadic

#8A2E2A #2A8A2E #2E2A8A

tetradic

#8A2E2A #568A2A #2A868A #5E2A8A

square

#8A2E2A #568A2A #2A868A #5E2A8A

split-complementary

#8A2E2A #2A8A5E #2A568A

monochromatic

#2C0F0D #5B1E1C #8A2E2A #B93E38 #CF6460

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#8A2E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8A2E2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2E2A

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2E2A	1.00	8.38	2.50	8.38
#FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474129

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5527

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98182E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 46, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.126 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36c63',
    500: '#8a2e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2e2a;
$custom-light: #b36c63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.5,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43713,
    "c": 0.12631,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2E2A

secondary

#5BB1B4

accent

#D7DD4B

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6ECEA

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2E2A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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