#8A2038#8A2038

#8A2038 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.141 H 12.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2038
RGB	rgb(138, 32, 56)
HSL	hsl(346, 62%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(346, 77%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 59.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.17, 45.50, 12.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.17, 47.21, 15.46°)
OKLab	oklab(42.45% 0.1372 0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(42.45% 0.141 12.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.7127, 6.7235, 4.4216)
Luminance	0.0672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2038 #208A72

analogous

#8A206D #8A2038 #8A3D20

triadic

#8A2038 #388A20 #20388A

tetradic

#8A2038 #6D8A20 #208A72 #3D208A

square

#8A2038 #6D8A20 #208A72 #3D208A

split-complementary

#8A2038 #208A3D #206D8A

monochromatic

#270910 #581424 #8A2038 #BC2C4C #D64E6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.96

#8A2038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8A2038 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2038

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2038	1.00	8.96	2.34	8.96
#FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C3B38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 32, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.141 12.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2656e',
    500: '#8a2038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2038;
$custom-light: #b2656e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.415,
    "s": 62.353,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42452,
    "c": 0.14076,
    "h": 12.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2038

secondary

#4DB9A1

accent

#E5C142

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2038

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

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