#8A2131#8A2131

#8A2131 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.139 H 17.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2131
RGB	rgb(138, 33, 49)
HSL	hsl(351, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(351, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 64.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.15, 44.65, 17.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.15, 47.83, 21.01°)
OKLab	oklab(42.39% 0.1332 0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(42.39% 0.139 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.5807, 6.7144, 3.5914)
Luminance	0.0671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2131 #218A7A

analogous

#8A2165 #8A2131 #8A4521

triadic

#8A2131 #318A21 #21318A

tetradic

#8A2131 #658A21 #218A7A #45218A

square

#8A2131 #658A21 #218A7A #45218A

split-complementary

#8A2131 #218A45 #21658A

monochromatic

#27090E #59151F #8A2131 #BB2D43 #D55064

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.96

#8A2131 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8A2131 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2131

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2131	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2131	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)

#3E3B31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59512E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2131;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 33, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.139 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36668',
    500: '#8a2131',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2131;
$custom-light: #b36668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2131",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.857,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42388,
    "c": 0.13946,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2131

secondary

#4EB9A8

accent

#E5CC43

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2131

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

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