#8A2326#8A2326

#8A2326 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.138 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2326
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 38)
HSL	hsl(358, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(358, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 72.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.22, 43.27, 24.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.22, 49.64, 29.34°)
OKLab	oklab(42.38% 0.1264 0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(42.38% 0.138 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.4334, 6.7470, 2.5336)
Luminance	0.0674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2326 #238A87

analogous

#8A235A #8A2326 #8A5423

triadic

#8A2326 #268A23 #23268A

tetradic

#8A2326 #5A8A23 #238A87 #54238A

square

#8A2326 #5A8A23 #238A87 #54238A

split-complementary

#8A2326 #238A54 #235A8A

monochromatic

#280A0B #591719 #8A2326 #BB2F33 #D45458

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#8A2326 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8A2326 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2326

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2326	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2326	1.00	8.94	2.35	8.94
#FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413B25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5223

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2326;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.138 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36660',
    500: '#8a2326',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2326;
$custom-light: #b36660;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2326",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.252,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42383,
    "c": 0.13819,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2326

secondary

#51B7B5

accent

#E3DE45

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2326

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

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