#8A2F29#8A2F29

#8A2F29 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.125 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2F29
RGB	rgb(138, 47, 41)
HSL	hsl(4, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(4, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.9%, 70.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.13, 38.35, 24.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.13, 45.63, 32.81°)
OKLab	oklab(43.83% 0.1115 0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(43.83% 0.125 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.8992, 7.5981, 2.9374)
Luminance	0.0760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2F29 #29848A

analogous

#8A2954 #8A2F29 #8A5F29

triadic

#8A2F29 #298A2F #2F298A

tetradic

#8A2F29 #548A29 #29848A #5F298A

square

#8A2F29 #548A29 #29848A #5F298A

split-complementary

#8A2F29 #298A5F #29548A

monochromatic

#2C0F0D #5B1F1B #8A2F29 #B93F37 #CF655E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#8A2F29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8A2F29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2F29

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2F29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2F29	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)

#484128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5526

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98192E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2f29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 47, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.125 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36c63',
    500: '#8a2f29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2f29;
$custom-light: #b36c63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2f29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.711,
    "s": 54.19,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43825,
    "c": 0.12539,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2F29

secondary

#5AAFB5

accent

#D4DE4A

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6ECEA

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2F29

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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