#8A2138#8A2138

#8A2138 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.140 H 13.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2138
RGB	rgb(138, 33, 56)
HSL	hsl(347, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(347, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 59.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.30, 45.14, 12.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.30, 46.91, 15.78°)
OKLab	oklab(42.55% 0.1361 0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(42.55% 0.14 13.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.7400, 6.7782, 4.4307)
Luminance	0.0678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2138 #218A73

analogous

#8A216C #8A2138 #8A3E21

triadic

#8A2138 #388A21 #21388A

tetradic

#8A2138 #6C8A21 #218A73 #3E218A

square

#8A2138 #6C8A21 #218A73 #3E218A

split-complementary

#8A2138 #218A3E #216C8A

monochromatic

#270910 #591524 #8A2138 #BB2D4C #D5506D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.92

#8A2138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8A2138 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2138

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2138	1.00	8.92	2.36	8.92
#FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 33, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.140 13.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2666e',
    500: '#8a2138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2138;
$custom-light: #b2666e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.857,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42546,
    "c": 0.13973,
    "h": 13.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2138

secondary

#4EB9A1

accent

#E5C143

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2138

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

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