#8A2430#8A2430

#8A2430 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.136 H 18.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2430
RGB	rgb(138, 36, 48)
HSL	hsl(353, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(353, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 65.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.53, 43.47, 18.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.53, 47.16, 22.83°)
OKLab	oklab(42.67% 0.1292 0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(42.67% 0.136 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.6468, 6.8801, 3.5105)
Luminance	0.0688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2430 #248A7E

analogous

#8A2463 #8A2430 #8A4B24

triadic

#8A2430 #308A24 #24308A

tetradic

#8A2430 #638A24 #248A7E #4B248A

square

#8A2430 #638A24 #248A7E #4B248A

split-complementary

#8A2430 #248A4B #24638A

monochromatic

#290B0E #59171F #8A2430 #BB3141 #D35664

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#8A2430 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8A2430 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2430

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2430	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2430	1.00	8.84	2.38	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403C30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A522D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980329

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2430;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 36, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.136 18.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36768',
    500: '#8a2430',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2430;
$custom-light: #b36768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2430",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.941,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42667,
    "c": 0.13643,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2430

secondary

#53B7AB

accent

#E2CF46

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2430

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

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