#8A2532#8A2532

#8A2532 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.135 H 17.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2532
RGB	rgb(138, 37, 50)
HSL	hsl(352, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(352, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 63.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.71, 43.21, 17.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.71, 46.52, 21.74°)
OKLab	oklab(42.81% 0.1288 0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(42.81% 0.135 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.7197, 6.9584, 3.7430)
Luminance	0.0696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2532 #258A7D

analogous

#8A2565 #8A2532 #8A4B25

triadic

#8A2532 #328A25 #25328A

tetradic

#8A2532 #658A25 #258A7D #4B258A

square

#8A2532 #658A25 #258A7D #4B258A

split-complementary

#8A2532 #258A4B #25658A

monochromatic

#290B0F #5A1821 #8A2532 #BA3243 #D25767

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#8A2532 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8A2532 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2532

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2532	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2532	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)

#403D32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A522F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98072B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2532;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 37, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.135 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26769',
    500: '#8a2532',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2532;
$custom-light: #b26769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2532",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.277,
    "s": 57.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42814,
    "c": 0.13534,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2532

secondary

#54B7AA

accent

#E1CD47

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2532

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

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