#8A2533#8A2533

#8A2533 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.135 H 17.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2533
RGB	rgb(138, 37, 51)
HSL	hsl(352, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(352, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 63%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.73, 43.28, 16.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.73, 46.35, 20.99°)
OKLab	oklab(42.84% 0.1292 0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(42.84% 0.135 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.7415, 6.9671, 3.8578)
Luminance	0.0697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2533 #258A7C

analogous

#8A2566 #8A2533 #8A4A25

triadic

#8A2533 #338A25 #25338A

tetradic

#8A2533 #668A25 #258A7C #4A258A

square

#8A2533 #668A25 #258A7C #4A258A

split-complementary

#8A2533 #258A4A #25668A

monochromatic

#290B0F #5A1821 #8A2533 #BA3245 #D25768

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#8A2533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8A2533 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2533

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2533	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)

#403D33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5230

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98072B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 37, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.135 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2676a',
    500: '#8a2533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2533;
$custom-light: #b2676a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.683,
    "s": 57.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42835,
    "c": 0.13533,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2533

secondary

#54B7A9

accent

#E1CC47

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2533

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

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