#8A2F22#8A2F22

#8A2F22 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.127 H 30.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2F22
RGB	rgb(138, 47, 34)
HSL	hsl(8, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(8, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.9%, 75.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.04, 37.99, 28.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.04, 47.70, 37.22°)
OKLab	oklab(43.72% 0.1088 0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(43.72% 0.127 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.7877, 7.5535, 2.3503)
Luminance	0.0755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2F22 #227D8A

analogous

#8A2249 #8A2F22 #8A6322

triadic

#8A2F22 #228A2F #2F228A

tetradic

#8A2F22 #498A22 #227D8A #63228A

square

#8A2F22 #498A22 #227D8A #63228A

split-complementary

#8A2F22 #228A63 #22498A

monochromatic

#280E0A #591E16 #8A2F22 #BB402E #D46252

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.37

#8A2F22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8A2F22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2F22

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2F22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2F22	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)

#484120

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F551F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98182D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2f22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 47, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.127 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36c5e',
    500: '#8a2f22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2f22;
$custom-light: #b36c5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2f22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43721,
    "c": 0.12679,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2F22

secondary

#50ABB8

accent

#D0E444

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2F22

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