#8A2434#8A2434

#8A2434 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.136 H 16.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2434
RGB	rgb(138, 36, 52)
HSL	hsl(351, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(351, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 62.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.61, 43.74, 15.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.61, 46.50, 19.86°)
OKLab	oklab(42.75% 0.1308 0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(42.75% 0.136 16.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.7331, 6.9146, 3.9650)
Luminance	0.0691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2434 #248A7A

analogous

#8A2467 #8A2434 #8A4724

triadic

#8A2434 #348A24 #24348A

tetradic

#8A2434 #678A24 #248A7A #47248A

square

#8A2434 #678A24 #248A7A #47248A

split-complementary

#8A2434 #248A47 #24678A

monochromatic

#290B0F #591722 #8A2434 #BB3146 #D35669

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#8A2434 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8A2434 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2434

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2434	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2434	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)

#3F3D34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97052B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2434;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 36, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.136 16.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2676b',
    500: '#8a2434',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2434;
$custom-light: #b2676b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2434",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.588,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42752,
    "c": 0.1364,
    "h": 16.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2434

secondary

#53B7A7

accent

#E2C946

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2434

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

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