#8A2136#8A2136

#8A2136 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.140 H 14.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2136
RGB	rgb(138, 33, 54)
HSL	hsl(348, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(348, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 60.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.25, 45.00, 14.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.25, 47.13, 17.29°)
OKLab	oklab(42.5% 0.1353 0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(42.5% 0.14 14.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.6921, 6.7590, 4.1783)
Luminance	0.0676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2136 #218A75

analogous

#8A216A #8A2136 #8A4021

triadic

#8A2136 #368A21 #21368A

tetradic

#8A2136 #6A8A21 #218A75 #40218A

square

#8A2136 #6A8A21 #218A75 #40218A

split-complementary

#8A2136 #218A40 #216A8A

monochromatic

#27090F #591523 #8A2136 #BB2D49 #D5506B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.93

#8A2136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8A2136 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2136

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2136	1.00	8.93	2.35	8.93
#FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3C36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585133

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 33, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.140 14.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2666c',
    500: '#8a2136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2136;
$custom-light: #b2666c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42499,
    "c": 0.13959,
    "h": 14.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2136

secondary

#4EB9A3

accent

#E5C443

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2136

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

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