#8A2336#8A2336

#8A2336 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.138 H 14.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2336
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 54)
HSL	hsl(349, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(349, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 60.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.52, 44.26, 14.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.52, 46.53, 17.98°)
OKLab	oklab(42.7% 0.1329 0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(42.7% 0.138 14.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.7493, 6.8734, 4.1973)
Luminance	0.0687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2336 #238A77

analogous

#8A236A #8A2336 #8A4423

triadic

#8A2336 #368A23 #23368A

tetradic

#8A2336 #6A8A23 #238A77 #44238A

square

#8A2336 #6A8A23 #238A77 #44238A

split-complementary

#8A2336 #238A44 #236A8A

monochromatic

#280A10 #591723 #8A2336 #BB2F49 #D4546B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#8A2336 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8A2336 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2336

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2336	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2336	1.00	8.84	2.37	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3D36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97042B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2336;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.138 14.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2676c',
    500: '#8a2336',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2336;
$custom-light: #b2676c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2336",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.932,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42695,
    "c": 0.13751,
    "h": 14.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2336

secondary

#51B7A5

accent

#E3C645

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2336

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

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