#8A232B#8A232B

#8A232B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.138 H 21.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A232B
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 43)
HSL	hsl(355, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(355, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 68.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.30, 43.54, 21.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.30, 48.45, 26.00°)
OKLab	oklab(42.47% 0.1283 0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(42.47% 0.138 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.5196, 6.7815, 2.9874)
Luminance	0.0678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A232B #238A82

analogous

#8A235F #8A232B #8A4F23

triadic

#8A232B #2B8A23 #232B8A

tetradic

#8A232B #5F8A23 #238A82 #4F238A

square

#8A232B #5F8A23 #238A82 #4F238A

split-complementary

#8A232B #238A4F #235F8A

monochromatic

#280A0D #59171C #8A232B #BB2F3A #D4545E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.91

#8A232B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8A232B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A232B

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A232B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A232B	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)

#403C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5228

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a232b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.138 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36664',
    500: '#8a232b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a232b;
$custom-light: #b36664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a232b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.34,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42468,
    "c": 0.13772,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A232B

secondary

#51B7B0

accent

#E3D645

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A232B

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

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