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#8A2C19 — Red

#8A2C19 is a red color we call Red, closest to the named color SaddleBrown (#8B4513). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: saddlebrown (#8B4513) — not an exact match. CSS saddlebrown gives you #8B4513, a different color; use #8A2C19 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#8A2C19 is a warm red color associated with energy, passion and urgency. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #19778A; it also sits naturally between #8A193F and #8A6419. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#8A2C19 · RGB 138, 44, 25

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Color values

HEX#8A2C19
RGB138, 44, 25
HSL10°, 69%, 32%
HSV10°, 82%, 54%
CMYK0%, 68%, 82%, 46%
XYZ11.56, 7.27, 1.71
Yxy7.27, 0.5625, 0.3541
CIE-Lab32.42, 38.98, 33.36
Hunter Lab26.97, 31.21, 14.17

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 54% · Green 17% · Blue 10%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 68% · Yellow 82% · Key 46%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #8A2C19 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #8A2C19 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #8A2C19

.text { color: #8A2C19; }
.background { background-color: #8A2C19; }
.border { border: 3px solid #8A2C19; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(138, 44, 25); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(10, 69%, 32%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #8A2C19; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(138, 44, 25, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #8A2C19; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(138, 44, 25, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#8A2C19">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#8A2C19">Div content here</div>

Shades of #8A2C19

#7D2817#702415#672113#5A1D11#4E190E#41150C#341109#2B0E08#1E0A06#110603

Tints of #8A2C19

#A4341E#C23E24#D8492C#DE634A#E37964#E78F7E#EDA99C#F2C0B6#F7DAD4#FCF0EE

Tones of #8A2C19

#823221#7A372A#713C32#6A4139#624741#5A4C49

Color harmonies

Complementary — #19778A:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text8.55:1 AAA
Against black text2.45:1 Fails

Best text color on #8A2C19: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #8A2C19

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #8A2C19: ·

How #8A2C19 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #61601EDeuteranopia · #676E1FTritanopia · #852122

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Brown 500 · #795548Tailwind red 600 · #DC2626Tailwind stone 600 · #57534E

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #8A2C19 rather than the exact color:

Frozen Ruby Opal
#8B2D1D · #D94B59 · #2FBCD4 · #B3E9E7
Honey Ruby Canyon
#86271F · #E82710 · #EA9560 · #EAC192
Honey Ruby Mosaic
#82281E · #424222 · #277D1C · #0C3028
Velvet Ruby Canyon
#862520 · #C46925 · #F6C862 · #F2E47F
Vivid Ember
#951CAD · #671151 · #CF1D55 · #842318
Misty Horizon
#842317 · #20B431 · #5A49DF · #EEC7C3

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#8B2D1D#86271F#82281E#862520#842318#842317#95271D#962816#8A1F1A#8B3917#8B391D#83371E

Browse neighbouring colors

← #8A2C18  ·  #8A2C1A →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #8A2C19?

#8A2C19 is Red, a red color (RGB 138, 44, 25). Its closest standard named color is SaddleBrown.

What is the RGB and HSL of #8A2C19?

#8A2C19 is RGB 138, 44, 25 — HSL 10°, 69%, 32% — CMYK 0%, 68%, 82%, 46%.

What colors go with #8A2C19?

Its complement is #19778A; analogous partners are #8A193F and #8A6419. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #8A2C19 for text?

White text on #8A2C19 has a contrast ratio of 8.55:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 2.45:1.