#8A2331#8A2331

#8A2331 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.137 H 17.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2331
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 49)
HSL	hsl(352, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(352, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 64.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.41, 43.91, 17.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.41, 47.27, 21.72°)
OKLab	oklab(42.59% 0.1308 0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(42.59% 0.137 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.6378, 6.8288, 3.6104)
Luminance	0.0683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2331 #238A7C

analogous

#8A2365 #8A2331 #8A4923

triadic

#8A2331 #318A23 #23318A

tetradic

#8A2331 #658A23 #238A7C #49238A

square

#8A2331 #658A23 #238A7C #49238A

split-complementary

#8A2331 #238A49 #23658A

monochromatic

#280A0E #591720 #8A2331 #BB2F42 #D45465

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.88

#8A2331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8A2331 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2331

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2331	1.00	8.88	2.37	8.88
#FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3C31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59522E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980129

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.137 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36668',
    500: '#8a2331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2331;
$custom-light: #b36668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.845,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42585,
    "c": 0.13745,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2331

secondary

#51B7AA

accent

#E3CD45

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2331

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

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