#8A2F27#8A2F27

#8A2F27 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.126 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2F27
RGB	rgb(138, 47, 39)
HSL	hsl(5, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(5, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.9%, 71.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.10, 38.24, 25.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.10, 46.20, 34.13°)
OKLab	oklab(43.79% 0.1107 0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(43.79% 0.126 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.8652, 7.5845, 2.7582)
Luminance	0.0758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2F27 #27828A

analogous

#8A2751 #8A2F27 #8A6027

triadic

#8A2F27 #278A2F #2F278A

tetradic

#8A2F27 #518A27 #27828A #60278A

square

#8A2F27 #518A27 #27828A #60278A

split-complementary

#8A2F27 #278A60 #27518A

monochromatic

#2B0E0C #5A1F1A #8A2F27 #BA3F34 #D1645B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#8A2F27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8A2F27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2F27

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2F27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2F27	1.00	8.34	2.52	8.34
#FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484126

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5524

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98192E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2f27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 47, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.126 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36c61',
    500: '#8a2f27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2f27;
$custom-light: #b36c61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2f27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.848,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43793,
    "c": 0.12577,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2F27

secondary

#57AEB6

accent

#D3DF49

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6ECEA

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2F27

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