#8A2438#8A2438

#8A2438 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.137 H 14.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2438
RGB	rgb(138, 36, 56)
HSL	hsl(348, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(348, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 59.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.70, 44.03, 13.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.70, 45.99, 16.80°)
OKLab	oklab(42.84% 0.1325 0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(42.84% 0.137 14)
XYZ	xyz(11.8271, 6.9522, 4.4597)
Luminance	0.0695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2438 #248A76

analogous

#8A246B #8A2438 #8A4324

triadic

#8A2438 #388A24 #24388A

tetradic

#8A2438 #6B8A24 #248A76 #43248A

square

#8A2438 #6B8A24 #248A76 #43248A

split-complementary

#8A2438 #248A43 #246B8A

monochromatic

#290B11 #591724 #8A2438 #BB314C #D3566E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#8A2438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8A2438 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2438

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2438	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)

#3F3D38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97082C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 36, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.137 14.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2676e',
    500: '#8a2438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2438;
$custom-light: #b2676e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.235,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42844,
    "c": 0.13655,
    "h": 14
  },
  "luminance": 0.06951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2438

secondary

#53B7A3

accent

#E2C346

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2438

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

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