#8A2F17#8A2F17

#8A2F17 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.129 H 35.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2F17
RGB	rgb(138, 47, 23)
HSL	hsl(13, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(13, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.9%, 83.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.92, 37.54, 34.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.92, 51.26, 42.92°)
OKLab	oklab(43.6% 0.1053 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(43.6% 0.129 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.6537, 7.4999, 1.6444)
Luminance	0.0750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2F17 #17728A

analogous

#8A1739 #8A2F17 #8A6917

triadic

#8A2F17 #178A2F #2F178A

tetradic

#8A2F17 #398A17 #17728A #69178A

square

#8A2F17 #398A17 #17728A #69178A

split-complementary

#8A2F17 #178A69 #17398A

monochromatic

#210B06 #561D0E #8A2F17 #BE4120 #DF5F3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#8A2F17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8A2F17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2F17

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2F17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2F17	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)

#494113

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605513

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98162A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2f17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 47, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.129 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46c56',
    500: '#8a2f17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2f17;
$custom-light: #b46c56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2f17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.522,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43597,
    "c": 0.12922,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2F17

secondary

#3FA3BE

accent

#C8EE3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2F17

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

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