#8A2F24#8A2F24
#8A2F24 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.126 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #8A2F24 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(138, 47, 36) |
| HSL | hsl(6, 59%, 34%) |
| HSV | hsv(6, 74%, 54%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 65.9%, 73.9%, 45.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(33.06, 38.08, 27.69) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(33.06, 47.09, 36.02°) |
| OKLab | oklab(43.75% 0.1096 0.0629) |
| OKLCH | oklch(43.75% 0.126 29.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(11.8174, 7.5654, 2.5067) |
| Luminance | 0.0756 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Red Brown
#8B2E16
ΔE00 4.14
Brownish Red
#9E3623
ΔE00 4.99
Brick
#A03623
ΔE00 5.34
Brown
#A52A2A
ΔE00 5.58
Carmine
#9D0216
ΔE00 5.78
Crimson (survey)
#8C000F
ΔE00 5.80
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#8A2F24 #247F8A
analogous
#8A244C #8A2F24 #8A6224
triadic
#8A2F24 #248A2F #2F248A
tetradic
#8A2F24 #4C8A24 #247F8A #62248A
square
#8A2F24 #4C8A24 #247F8A #62248A
split-complementary
#8A2F24 #248A62 #244C8A
monochromatic
#290E0B #591E17 #8A2F24 #BB4031 #D36356
Accessibility & contrast
On white
8.36
#8A2F24 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
On black
2.51
#8A2F24 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
Best text color
#FFFFFF on #8A2F24
8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##8A2F24 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##FFFFFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##8A2F24 | 1.00 | 8.36 | 2.51 | 8.36 |
| #FFFFFF | 8.36 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
| #000000 | 2.51 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 21.00 |
| ##FFFFFF | 8.36 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#484122
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5F5521
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#98182D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4E4E4E
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #8a2f24; /* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 47, 36); /* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.126 29.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#b36c5f',
500: '#8a2f24',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #8a2f24; $custom-light: #b36c5f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#8a2f24",
"rgb": {
"r": 138,
"g": 47,
"b": 36
},
"hsl": {
"h": 6.471,
"s": 58.621,
"l": 34.118
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.43749,
"c": 0.12636,
"h": 29.9
},
"luminance": 0.07564
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#8A2F24
secondary
#53ACB7
accent
#D1E246
background
#FBF6F5
surface
#F7ECE9
border
#D0C7C5
text
#120704
muted
#817A79