#8A2139#8A2139

#8A2139 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.140 H 12.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2139
RGB	rgb(138, 33, 57)
HSL	hsl(346, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(346, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 58.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.32, 45.22, 12.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.32, 46.82, 15.01°)
OKLab	oklab(42.57% 0.1365 0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(42.57% 0.14 12.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.7647, 6.7881, 4.5608)
Luminance	0.0679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2139 #218A72

analogous

#8A216D #8A2139 #8A3D21

triadic

#8A2139 #398A21 #21398A

tetradic

#8A2139 #6D8A21 #218A72 #3D218A

square

#8A2139 #6D8A21 #218A72 #3D218A

split-complementary

#8A2139 #218A3D #216D8A

monochromatic

#270910 #591525 #8A2139 #BB2D4D #D5506F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.91

#8A2139 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8A2139 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2139

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2139	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2139	1.00	8.91	2.36	8.91
#FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3C39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97012B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2139;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 33, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.140 12.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2666f',
    500: '#8a2139',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2139;
$custom-light: #b2666f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2139",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.286,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42571,
    "c": 0.13982,
    "h": 12.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2139

secondary

#4EB9A0

accent

#E5C043

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2139

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

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