#8A2437#8A2437

#8A2437 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.136 H 14.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2437
RGB	rgb(138, 36, 55)
HSL	hsl(349, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(349, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.68, 43.95, 13.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.68, 46.11, 17.57°)
OKLab	oklab(42.82% 0.1321 0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(42.82% 0.136 14.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.8029, 6.9425, 4.3322)
Luminance	0.0694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2437 #248A77

analogous

#8A246A #8A2437 #8A4424

triadic

#8A2437 #378A24 #24378A

tetradic

#8A2437 #6A8A24 #248A77 #44248A

square

#8A2437 #6A8A24 #248A77 #44248A

split-complementary

#8A2437 #248A44 #246A8A

monochromatic

#290B10 #591724 #8A2437 #BB314A #D3566D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#8A2437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8A2437 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2437

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2437	1.00	8.79	2.39	8.79
#FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97072C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 36, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.136 14.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2676d',
    500: '#8a2437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2437;
$custom-light: #b2676d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.824,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4282,
    "c": 0.13649,
    "h": 14.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2437

secondary

#53B7A4

accent

#E2C546

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2437

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

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