#8A3129#8A3129

#8A3129 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.123 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3129
RGB	rgb(138, 49, 41)
HSL	hsl(5, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(5, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 70.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.48, 37.42, 25.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.48, 45.08, 33.90°)
OKLab	oklab(44.09% 0.1086 0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(44.09% 0.123 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.9810, 7.7616, 2.9646)
Luminance	0.0776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3129 #29828A

analogous

#8A2952 #8A3129 #8A6129

triadic

#8A3129 #298A31 #31298A

tetradic

#8A3129 #528A29 #29828A #61298A

square

#8A3129 #528A29 #29828A #61298A

split-complementary

#8A3129 #298A61 #29528A

monochromatic

#2C0F0D #5B201B #8A3129 #B94237 #CF685E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#8A3129 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#8A3129 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3129

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3129	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3129	1.00	8.23	2.55	8.23
#FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494328

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5626

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981C30

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3129;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 49, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.123 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26d63',
    500: '#8a3129',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3129;
$custom-light: #b26d63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3129",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.948,
    "s": 54.19,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44088,
    "c": 0.12322,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3129

secondary

#5AADB5

accent

#D1DE4A

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6ECEA

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3129

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

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