#8A233A#8A233A

#8A233A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.138 H 12.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A233A
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 58)
HSL	hsl(347, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(347, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 58%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.61, 44.56, 11.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.61, 46.11, 14.90°)
OKLab	oklab(42.79% 0.1346 0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(42.79% 0.138 12.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.8471, 6.9125, 4.7126)
Luminance	0.0691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A233A #238A73

analogous

#8A236E #8A233A #8A4023

triadic

#8A233A #3A8A23 #233A8A

tetradic

#8A233A #6E8A23 #238A73 #40238A

square

#8A233A #6E8A23 #238A73 #40238A

split-complementary

#8A233A #238A40 #236E8A

monochromatic

#280A11 #591725 #8A233A #BB2F4F #D45470

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#8A233A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8A233A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A233A

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A233A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A233A	1.00	8.82	2.38	8.82
#FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3D3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97062C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a233a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.138 12.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2676f',
    500: '#8a233a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a233a;
$custom-light: #b2676f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a233a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.602,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42791,
    "c": 0.13779,
    "h": 12.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A233A

secondary

#51B7A1

accent

#E3C045

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A233A

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

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