#8A2432#8A2432

#8A2432 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.136 H 17.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2432
RGB	rgb(138, 36, 50)
HSL	hsl(352, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(352, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 63.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.57, 43.60, 17.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.57, 46.81, 21.36°)
OKLab	oklab(42.71% 0.13 0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(42.71% 0.136 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.6890, 6.8970, 3.7327)
Luminance	0.0689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2432 #248A7C

analogous

#8A2465 #8A2432 #8A4924

triadic

#8A2432 #328A24 #24328A

tetradic

#8A2432 #658A24 #248A7C #49248A

square

#8A2432 #658A24 #248A7C #49248A

split-complementary

#8A2432 #248A49 #24658A

monochromatic

#290B0F #591720 #8A2432 #BB3144 #D35667

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#8A2432 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8A2432 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2432

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2432	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2432	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)

#403D32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A522F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98042A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2432;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 36, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.136 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26769',
    500: '#8a2432',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2432;
$custom-light: #b26769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2432",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.765,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42709,
    "c": 0.13639,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2432

secondary

#53B7A9

accent

#E2CC46

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2432

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

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