#8A3029#8A3029

#8A3029 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.124 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3029
RGB	rgb(138, 48, 41)
HSL	hsl(4, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(4, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 70.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.30, 37.89, 24.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.30, 45.36, 33.35°)
OKLab	oklab(43.96% 0.11 0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(43.96% 0.124 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.9396, 7.6789, 2.9509)
Luminance	0.0768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3029 #29838A

analogous

#8A2952 #8A3029 #8A6129

triadic

#8A3029 #298A30 #30298A

tetradic

#8A3029 #528A29 #29838A #61298A

square

#8A3029 #528A29 #29838A #61298A

split-complementary

#8A3029 #298A61 #29528A

monochromatic

#2C0F0D #5B201B #8A3029 #B94037 #CF665E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.28

#8A3029 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#8A3029 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3029

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3029	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3029	1.00	8.28	2.54	8.28
#FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5626

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981B2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3029;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 48, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.124 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36d63',
    500: '#8a3029',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3029;
$custom-light: #b36d63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3029",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.33,
    "s": 54.19,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43955,
    "c": 0.1243,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3029

secondary

#5AAEB5

accent

#D3DE4A

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6ECEA

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3029

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

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