#8A232E#8A232E

#8A232E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.138 H 19.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A232E
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 46)
HSL	hsl(354, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(354, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 66.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.36, 43.72, 19.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.36, 47.82, 23.89°)
OKLab	oklab(42.53% 0.1296 0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(42.53% 0.138 19.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.5766, 6.8043, 3.2880)
Luminance	0.0680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A232E #238A7F

analogous

#8A2362 #8A232E #8A4C23

triadic

#8A232E #2E8A23 #232E8A

tetradic

#8A232E #628A23 #238A7F #4C238A

square

#8A232E #628A23 #238A7F #4C238A

split-complementary

#8A232E #238A4C #23628A

monochromatic

#280A0D #59171E #8A232E #BB2F3E #D45461

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#8A232E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8A232E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A232E

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A232E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A232E	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)

#403C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A522B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a232e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.138 19.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36666',
    500: '#8a232e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a232e;
$custom-light: #b36666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a232e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.592,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42525,
    "c": 0.13754,
    "h": 19.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A232E

secondary

#51B7AD

accent

#E3D245

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A232E

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

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