#8A2439#8A2439

#8A2439 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.137 H 13.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2439
RGB	rgb(138, 36, 57)
HSL	hsl(348, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(348, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 58.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.72, 44.10, 12.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.72, 45.89, 16.03°)
OKLab	oklab(42.87% 0.1329 0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(42.87% 0.137 13.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.8518, 6.9621, 4.5898)
Luminance	0.0696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2439 #248A75

analogous

#8A246C #8A2439 #8A4224

triadic

#8A2439 #398A24 #24398A

tetradic

#8A2439 #6C8A24 #248A75 #42248A

square

#8A2439 #6C8A24 #248A75 #42248A

split-complementary

#8A2439 #248A42 #246C8A

monochromatic

#290B11 #591725 #8A2439 #BB314D #D3566F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#8A2439 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8A2439 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2439

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2439	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2439	1.00	8.78	2.39	8.78
#FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3D39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97082D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2439;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 36, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.137 13.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2676f',
    500: '#8a2439',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2439;
$custom-light: #b2676f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2439",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.647,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42868,
    "c": 0.13662,
    "h": 13.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2439

secondary

#53B7A2

accent

#E2C246

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2439

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

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