#8A2323#8A2323

#8A2323 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.139 H 25.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2323
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 35)
HSL	hsl(0, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(0, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 74.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.18, 43.12, 26.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.18, 50.43, 31.23°)
OKLab	oklab(42.34% 0.1252 0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(42.34% 0.139 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.3869, 6.7284, 2.2889)
Luminance	0.0673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2323 #238A8A

analogous

#8A2357 #8A2323 #8A5723

triadic

#8A2323 #238A23 #23238A

tetradic

#8A2323 #578A23 #238A8A #57238A

square

#8A2323 #578A23 #238A8A #57238A

split-complementary

#8A2323 #238A57 #23578A

monochromatic

#280A0A #591717 #8A2323 #BB2F2F #D45454

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.95

#8A2323 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8A2323 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2323

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2323	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2323	1.00	8.95	2.35	8.95
#FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413B22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B511F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2323;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.139 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4665e',
    500: '#8a2323',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2323;
$custom-light: #b4665e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2323",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42337,
    "c": 0.13856,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2323

secondary

#51B7B7

accent

#E3E345

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2323

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

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