#8A2032#8A2032

#8A2032 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.140 H 16.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2032
RGB	rgb(138, 32, 50)
HSL	hsl(350, 62%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(350, 77%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 63.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.04, 45.08, 16.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.04, 47.95, 19.94°)
OKLab	oklab(42.31% 0.1347 0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(42.31% 0.14 16.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.5747, 6.6683, 3.6946)
Luminance	0.0667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2032 #208A78

analogous

#8A2067 #8A2032 #8A4320

triadic

#8A2032 #328A20 #20328A

tetradic

#8A2032 #678A20 #208A78 #43208A

square

#8A2032 #678A20 #208A78 #43208A

split-complementary

#8A2032 #208A43 #20678A

monochromatic

#27090E #581420 #8A2032 #BC2C44 #D64E65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#8A2032 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8A2032 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2032

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2032	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2032	1.00	9.00	2.33	9.00
#FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3B32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#58512F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2032;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 32, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.140 16.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36569',
    500: '#8a2032',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2032;
$custom-light: #b36569;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2032",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.811,
    "s": 62.353,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42314,
    "c": 0.14045,
    "h": 16.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2032

secondary

#4DB9A7

accent

#E5CA42

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2032

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

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