#8A2232#8A2232

#8A2232 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.138 H 17.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2232
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 50)
HSL	hsl(351, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(351, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 63.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.30, 44.35, 16.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.30, 47.39, 20.62°)
OKLab	oklab(42.51% 0.1324 0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(42.51% 0.138 17)
XYZ	xyz(11.6302, 6.7793, 3.7131)
Luminance	0.0678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2232 #228A7A

analogous

#8A2266 #8A2232 #8A4622

triadic

#8A2232 #328A22 #22328A

tetradic

#8A2232 #668A22 #228A7A #46228A

square

#8A2232 #668A22 #228A7A #46228A

split-complementary

#8A2232 #228A46 #22668A

monochromatic

#280A0E #591620 #8A2232 #BB2E44 #D45266

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.91

#8A2232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8A2232 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2232

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2232	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)

#3F3C32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59522F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.138 17.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36669',
    500: '#8a2232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2232;
$custom-light: #b36669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.769,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42507,
    "c": 0.13846,
    "h": 17
  },
  "luminance": 0.06778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2232

secondary

#50B8A8

accent

#E4CB44

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2232

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

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