#8A232F#8A232F

#8A232F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.137 H 19.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A232F
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 47)
HSL	hsl(353, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(353, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 65.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.38, 43.78, 18.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.38, 47.63, 23.18°)
OKLab	oklab(42.55% 0.13 0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(42.55% 0.137 19)
XYZ	xyz(11.5966, 6.8123, 3.3930)
Luminance	0.0681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A232F #238A7E

analogous

#8A2363 #8A232F #8A4B23

triadic

#8A232F #2F8A23 #232F8A

tetradic

#8A232F #638A23 #238A7E #4B238A

square

#8A232F #638A23 #238A7E #4B238A

split-complementary

#8A232F #238A4B #23638A

monochromatic

#280A0E #59171E #8A232F #BB2F40 #D45463

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.89

#8A232F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8A232F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A232F

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A232F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A232F	1.00	8.89	2.36	8.89
#FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403C2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A522C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a232f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.137 19.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36667',
    500: '#8a232f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a232f;
$custom-light: #b36667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a232f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.01,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42545,
    "c": 0.13749,
    "h": 19
  },
  "luminance": 0.06811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A232F

secondary

#51B7AC

accent

#E3D045

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A232F

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

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