#8A2537#8A2537

#8A2537 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.135 H 14.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2537
RGB	rgb(138, 37, 55)
HSL	hsl(349, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(349, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.82, 43.56, 14.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.82, 45.79, 17.95°)
OKLab	oklab(42.92% 0.1309 0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(42.92% 0.135 14.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.8335, 7.0039, 4.3425)
Luminance	0.0700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2537 #258A78

analogous

#8A256A #8A2537 #8A4625

triadic

#8A2537 #378A25 #25378A

tetradic

#8A2537 #6A8A25 #258A78 #46258A

square

#8A2537 #6A8A25 #258A78 #46258A

split-complementary

#8A2537 #258A46 #256A8A

monochromatic

#290B11 #5A1824 #8A2537 #BA324A #D2576D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.75

#8A2537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8A2537 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2537

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2537	1.00	8.75	2.40	8.75
#FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3E37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#970A2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 37, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.135 14.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2686d',
    500: '#8a2537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2537;
$custom-light: #b2686d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.307,
    "s": 57.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42924,
    "c": 0.1354,
    "h": 14.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2537

secondary

#54B7A5

accent

#E1C547

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2537

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

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