#8A2324#8A2324

#8A2324 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.138 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2324
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 36)
HSL	hsl(359, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(359, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 73.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.19, 43.17, 25.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.19, 50.16, 30.61°)
OKLab	oklab(42.35% 0.1256 0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(42.35% 0.138 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.4020, 6.7344, 2.3682)
Luminance	0.0673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2324 #238A89

analogous

#8A2358 #8A2324 #8A5623

triadic

#8A2324 #248A23 #23248A

tetradic

#8A2324 #588A23 #238A89 #56238A

square

#8A2324 #588A23 #238A89 #56238A

split-complementary

#8A2324 #238A56 #23588A

monochromatic

#280A0B #591717 #8A2324 #BB2F31 #D45455

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.95

#8A2324 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8A2324 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2324

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2324	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2324	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)

#413B23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5120

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2324;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.138 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4665f',
    500: '#8a2324',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2324;
$custom-light: #b4665f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2324",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.417,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42352,
    "c": 0.13842,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2324

secondary

#51B7B7

accent

#E3E145

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2324

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

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