#8A2433#8A2433

#8A2433 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.136 H 17.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2433
RGB	rgb(138, 36, 51)
HSL	hsl(351, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(351, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 63%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.59, 43.67, 16.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.59, 46.65, 20.61°)
OKLab	oklab(42.73% 0.1304 0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(42.73% 0.136 17)
XYZ	xyz(11.7108, 6.9057, 3.8476)
Luminance	0.0690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2433 #248A7B

analogous

#8A2466 #8A2433 #8A4824

triadic

#8A2433 #338A24 #24338A

tetradic

#8A2433 #668A24 #248A7B #48248A

square

#8A2433 #668A24 #248A7B #48248A

split-complementary

#8A2433 #248A48 #24668A

monochromatic

#290B0F #591721 #8A2433 #BB3145 #D35668

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#8A2433 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8A2433 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2433

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2433	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2433	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)

#403D33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595230

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98052A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2433;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 36, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.136 17.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2676a',
    500: '#8a2433',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2433;
$custom-light: #b2676a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2433",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.176,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4273,
    "c": 0.13639,
    "h": 17
  },
  "luminance": 0.06904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2433

secondary

#53B7A8

accent

#E2CB46

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2433

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

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