#8A2332#8A2332

#8A2332 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.137 H 17.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2332
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 50)
HSL	hsl(351, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(351, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 63.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.43, 43.98, 16.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.43, 47.10, 20.98°)
OKLab	oklab(42.61% 0.1312 0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(42.61% 0.137 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.6592, 6.8373, 3.7228)
Luminance	0.0684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2332 #238A7B

analogous

#8A2366 #8A2332 #8A4823

triadic

#8A2332 #328A23 #23328A

tetradic

#8A2332 #668A23 #238A7B #48238A

square

#8A2332 #668A23 #238A7B #48238A

split-complementary

#8A2332 #238A48 #23668A

monochromatic

#280A0F #591720 #8A2332 #BB2F44 #D45466

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.87

#8A2332 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8A2332 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2332

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2332	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2332	1.00	8.87	2.37	8.87
#FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3C32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59522F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980129

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2332;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.137 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36669',
    500: '#8a2332',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2332;
$custom-light: #b36669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2332",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.262,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42607,
    "c": 0.13744,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2332

secondary

#51B7A9

accent

#E3CC45

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2332

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

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