#8A233B#8A233B

#8A233B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.138 H 11.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A233B
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 59)
HSL	hsl(346, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(346, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 57.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.63, 44.64, 11.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.63, 46.03, 14.13°)
OKLab	oklab(42.82% 0.135 0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(42.82% 0.138 11.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.8728, 6.9228, 4.8479)
Luminance	0.0692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A233B #238A72

analogous

#8A236F #8A233B #8A3E23

triadic

#8A233B #3B8A23 #233B8A

tetradic

#8A233B #6F8A23 #238A72 #3E238A

square

#8A233B #6F8A23 #238A72 #3E238A

split-complementary

#8A233B #238A3E #236F8A

monochromatic

#280A11 #591726 #8A233B #BB2F50 #D45472

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#8A233B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8A233B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A233B

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A233B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A233B	1.00	8.81	2.38	8.81
#FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3D3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97072D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a233b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.138 11.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26770',
    500: '#8a233b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a233b;
$custom-light: #b26770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a233b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.019,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42816,
    "c": 0.13788,
    "h": 11.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A233B

secondary

#51B7A0

accent

#E3BE45

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A233B

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

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