#8A2135#8A2135

#8A2135 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.140 H 14.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2135
RGB	rgb(138, 33, 53)
HSL	hsl(349, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(349, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 61.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.23, 44.93, 14.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.23, 47.25, 18.05°)
OKLab	oklab(42.48% 0.1349 0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(42.48% 0.14 14.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.6689, 6.7497, 4.0559)
Luminance	0.0675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2135 #218A76

analogous

#8A2169 #8A2135 #8A4121

triadic

#8A2135 #358A21 #21358A

tetradic

#8A2135 #698A21 #218A76 #41218A

square

#8A2135 #698A21 #218A76 #41218A

split-complementary

#8A2135 #218A41 #21698A

monochromatic

#27090F #591522 #8A2135 #BB2D48 #D5506A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#8A2135 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8A2135 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2135

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2135	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2135	1.00	8.94	2.35	8.94
#FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#970029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2135;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 33, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.140 14.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2666c',
    500: '#8a2135',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2135;
$custom-light: #b2666c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2135",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.571,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42476,
    "c": 0.13955,
    "h": 14.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2135

secondary

#4EB9A4

accent

#E5C643

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2135

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

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