#8A233C#8A233C

#8A233C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.138 H 11.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A233C
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 60)
HSL	hsl(345, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(345, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 56.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.65, 44.72, 10.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.65, 45.96, 13.35°)
OKLab	oklab(42.84% 0.1354 0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(42.84% 0.138 11.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.8990, 6.9332, 4.9858)
Luminance	0.0693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A233C #238A71

analogous

#8A2370 #8A233C #8A3E23

triadic

#8A233C #3C8A23 #233C8A

tetradic

#8A233C #708A23 #238A71 #3E238A

square

#8A233C #708A23 #238A71 #3E238A

split-complementary

#8A233C #238A3E #23708A

monochromatic

#280A12 #591727 #8A233C #BB2F51 #D45473

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#8A233C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8A233C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A233C

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A233C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A233C	1.00	8.80	2.39	8.80
#FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3D3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97082D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a233c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.138 11.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26771',
    500: '#8a233c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a233c;
$custom-light: #b26771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a233c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.437,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42842,
    "c": 0.138,
    "h": 11.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A233C

secondary

#51B79F

accent

#E3BC45

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A233C

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

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