#8A2137#8A2137

#8A2137 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.140 H 13.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2137
RGB	rgb(138, 33, 55)
HSL	hsl(347, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(347, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.27, 45.07, 13.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.27, 47.01, 16.54°)
OKLab	oklab(42.52% 0.1357 0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(42.52% 0.14 13.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.7158, 6.7685, 4.3032)
Luminance	0.0677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2137 #218A74

analogous

#8A216B #8A2137 #8A3F21

triadic

#8A2137 #378A21 #21378A

tetradic

#8A2137 #6B8A21 #218A74 #3F218A

square

#8A2137 #6B8A21 #218A74 #3F218A

split-complementary

#8A2137 #218A3F #216B8A

monochromatic

#270910 #591523 #8A2137 #BB2D4B #D5506C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.92

#8A2137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8A2137 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2137

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2137	1.00	8.92	2.35	8.92
#FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3C37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 33, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.140 13.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2666d',
    500: '#8a2137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2137;
$custom-light: #b2666d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.429,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42522,
    "c": 0.13966,
    "h": 13.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2137

secondary

#4EB9A2

accent

#E5C343

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2137

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

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