#8A2531#8A2531

#8A2531 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.135 H 18.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2531
RGB	rgb(138, 37, 49)
HSL	hsl(353, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(353, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 64.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.69, 43.14, 17.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.69, 46.69, 22.48°)
OKLab	oklab(42.79% 0.1283 0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(42.79% 0.135 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.6984, 6.9498, 3.6306)
Luminance	0.0695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2531 #258A7E

analogous

#8A2564 #8A2531 #8A4C25

triadic

#8A2531 #318A25 #25318A

tetradic

#8A2531 #648A25 #258A7E #4C258A

square

#8A2531 #648A25 #258A7E #4C258A

split-complementary

#8A2531 #258A4C #25648A

monochromatic

#290B0F #5A1820 #8A2531 #BA3242 #D25766

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#8A2531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8A2531 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2531

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2531	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)

#403D31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A522E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98062A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 37, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.135 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26768',
    500: '#8a2531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2531;
$custom-light: #b26768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.871,
    "s": 57.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42793,
    "c": 0.13536,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2531

secondary

#54B7AB

accent

#E1CF47

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2531

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

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