#8A232D#8A232D

#8A232D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.138 H 20.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A232D
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 45)
HSL	hsl(354, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(354, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 67.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.34, 43.66, 19.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.34, 48.02, 24.60°)
OKLab	oklab(42.51% 0.1291 0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(42.51% 0.138 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.5571, 6.7965, 3.1854)
Luminance	0.0679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A232D #238A80

analogous

#8A2361 #8A232D #8A4D23

triadic

#8A232D #2D8A23 #232D8A

tetradic

#8A232D #618A23 #238A80 #4D238A

square

#8A232D #618A23 #238A80 #4D238A

split-complementary

#8A232D #238A4D #23618A

monochromatic

#280A0D #59171D #8A232D #BB2F3D #D45460

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#8A232D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8A232D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A232D

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A232D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A232D	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403C2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A522A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a232d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.138 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36665',
    500: '#8a232d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a232d;
$custom-light: #b36665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a232d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.175,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42506,
    "c": 0.13758,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A232D

secondary

#51B7AE

accent

#E3D345

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A232D

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

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