#8A2338#8A2338

#8A2338 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.138 H 13.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2338
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 56)
HSL	hsl(348, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(348, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 59.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.56, 44.41, 13.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.56, 46.30, 16.45°)
OKLab	oklab(42.74% 0.1337 0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(42.74% 0.138 13.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.7972, 6.8925, 4.4498)
Luminance	0.0689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2338 #238A75

analogous

#8A236C #8A2338 #8A4223

triadic

#8A2338 #388A23 #23388A

tetradic

#8A2338 #6C8A23 #238A75 #42238A

square

#8A2338 #6C8A23 #238A75 #42238A

split-complementary

#8A2338 #238A42 #236C8A

monochromatic

#280A10 #591724 #8A2338 #BB2F4C #D4546E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#8A2338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8A2338 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2338

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2338	1.00	8.83	2.38	8.83
#FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3D38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97052C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.138 13.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2676e',
    500: '#8a2338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2338;
$custom-light: #b2676e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.767,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42742,
    "c": 0.13762,
    "h": 13.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2338

secondary

#51B7A3

accent

#E3C345

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2338

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

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