#8A2530#8A2530

#8A2530 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.135 H 19.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2530
RGB	rgb(138, 37, 48)
HSL	hsl(353, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(353, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 65.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.67, 43.08, 18.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.67, 46.87, 23.22°)
OKLab	oklab(42.77% 0.1279 0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(42.77% 0.135 19.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.6775, 6.9415, 3.5207)
Luminance	0.0694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2530 #258A7F

analogous

#8A2563 #8A2530 #8A4D25

triadic

#8A2530 #308A25 #25308A

tetradic

#8A2530 #638A25 #258A7F #4D258A

square

#8A2530 #638A25 #258A7F #4D258A

split-complementary

#8A2530 #258A4D #25638A

monochromatic

#290B0E #5A181F #8A2530 #BA3241 #D25765

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#8A2530 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8A2530 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2530

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2530	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2530	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)

#413D30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A522D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98052A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2530;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 37, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.135 19.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36768',
    500: '#8a2530',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2530;
$custom-light: #b36768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2530",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.465,
    "s": 57.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42772,
    "c": 0.1354,
    "h": 19.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2530

secondary

#54B7AC

accent

#E1D047

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2530

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

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