#8A2039#8A2039

#8A2039 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.141 H 12.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2039
RGB	rgb(138, 32, 57)
HSL	hsl(346, 62%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(346, 77%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 58.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.19, 45.58, 11.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.19, 47.12, 14.70°)
OKLab	oklab(42.48% 0.1377 0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(42.48% 0.141 12.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.7374, 6.7334, 4.5517)
Luminance	0.0673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2039 #208A71

analogous

#8A206E #8A2039 #8A3C20

triadic

#8A2039 #398A20 #20398A

tetradic

#8A2039 #6E8A20 #208A71 #3C208A

square

#8A2039 #6E8A20 #208A71 #3C208A

split-complementary

#8A2039 #208A3C #206E8A

monochromatic

#270910 #581424 #8A2039 #BC2C4E #D64E6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.95

#8A2039 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8A2039 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2039

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2039	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2039	1.00	8.95	2.35	8.95
#FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C3C39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2039;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 32, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.141 12.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2656f',
    500: '#8a2039',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2039;
$custom-light: #b2656f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2039",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.849,
    "s": 62.353,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42476,
    "c": 0.14084,
    "h": 12.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2039

secondary

#4DB9A0

accent

#E5BF42

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2039

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

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