#8A2329#8A2329

#8A2329 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.138 H 22.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2329
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 41)
HSL	hsl(357, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(357, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 70.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.27, 43.43, 22.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.27, 48.90, 27.36°)
OKLab	oklab(42.43% 0.1275 0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(42.43% 0.138 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.4838, 6.7671, 2.7989)
Luminance	0.0677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2329 #238A84

analogous

#8A235D #8A2329 #8A5123

triadic

#8A2329 #298A23 #23298A

tetradic

#8A2329 #5D8A23 #238A84 #51238A

square

#8A2329 #5D8A23 #238A84 #51238A

split-complementary

#8A2329 #238A51 #235D8A

monochromatic

#280A0C #59171A #8A2329 #BB2F38 #D4545B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.92

#8A2329 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8A2329 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2329

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2329	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2329	1.00	8.92	2.35	8.92
#FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403C28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5226

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2329;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.138 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36662',
    500: '#8a2329',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2329;
$custom-light: #b36662;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2329",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.505,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42433,
    "c": 0.13788,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2329

secondary

#51B7B2

accent

#E3DA45

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2329

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

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