#8A202C#8A202C

#8A202C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.141 H 19.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A202C
RGB	rgb(138, 32, 44)
HSL	hsl(353, 62%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(353, 77%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 68.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.93, 44.70, 20.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.93, 49.02, 24.23°)
OKLab	oklab(42.19% 0.1323 0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(42.19% 0.141 19.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.4536, 6.6199, 3.0571)
Luminance	0.0662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A202C #208A7E

analogous

#8A2061 #8A202C #8A4920

triadic

#8A202C #2C8A20 #202C8A

tetradic

#8A202C #618A20 #208A7E #49208A

square

#8A202C #618A20 #208A7E #49208A

split-complementary

#8A202C #208A49 #20618A

monochromatic

#27090C #58141C #8A202C #BC2C3C #D64E5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.04

#8A202C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8A202C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A202C

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A202C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A202C	1.00	9.04	2.32	9.04
#FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3A2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a202c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 32, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.141 19.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36565',
    500: '#8a202c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a202c;
$custom-light: #b36565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a202c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.208,
    "s": 62.353,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42192,
    "c": 0.14056,
    "h": 19.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A202C

secondary

#4DB9AD

accent

#E5D342

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A202C

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

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