#8A2F25#8A2F25

#8A2F25 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.126 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2F25
RGB	rgb(138, 47, 37)
HSL	hsl(6, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(6, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.9%, 73.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.07, 38.14, 27.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.07, 46.79, 35.40°)
OKLab	oklab(43.76% 0.11 0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(43.76% 0.126 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.8329, 7.5715, 2.5883)
Luminance	0.0757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2F25 #25808A

analogous

#8A254D #8A2F25 #8A6225

triadic

#8A2F25 #258A2F #2F258A

tetradic

#8A2F25 #4D8A25 #25808A #62258A

square

#8A2F25 #4D8A25 #25808A #62258A

split-complementary

#8A2F25 #258A62 #254D8A

monochromatic

#290E0B #5A1F18 #8A2F25 #BA3F32 #D26457

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.35

#8A2F25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8A2F25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2F25

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2F25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2F25	1.00	8.35	2.51	8.35
#FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5522

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98182D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2f25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 47, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.126 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36c60',
    500: '#8a2f25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2f25;
$custom-light: #b36c60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2f25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.941,
    "s": 57.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43763,
    "c": 0.12616,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2F25

secondary

#54ADB7

accent

#D2E147

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2F25

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