#8A2F21#8A2F21

#8A2F21 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.127 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2F21
RGB	rgb(138, 47, 33)
HSL	hsl(8, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(8, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.9%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.02, 37.94, 29.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.02, 48.02, 37.80°)
OKLab	oklab(43.71% 0.1085 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(43.71% 0.127 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.7735, 7.5478, 2.2755)
Luminance	0.0755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2F21 #217C8A

analogous

#8A2147 #8A2F21 #8A6321

triadic

#8A2F21 #218A2F #2F218A

tetradic

#8A2F21 #478A21 #217C8A #63218A

square

#8A2F21 #478A21 #217C8A #63218A

split-complementary

#8A2F21 #218A63 #21478A

monochromatic

#270D09 #591E15 #8A2F21 #BB402D #D56250

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.37

#8A2F21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8A2F21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2F21

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2F21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2F21	1.00	8.37	2.51	8.37
#FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48411F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F551E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98172C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2f21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 47, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.127 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36c5d',
    500: '#8a2f21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2f21;
$custom-light: #b36c5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2f21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43708,
    "c": 0.127,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2F21

secondary

#4EAAB9

accent

#CFE543

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2F21

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