#8A2539#8A2539

#8A2539 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.136 H 13.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2539
RGB	rgb(138, 37, 57)
HSL	hsl(348, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(348, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 58.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.86, 43.72, 12.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.86, 45.57, 16.39°)
OKLab	oklab(42.97% 0.1317 0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(42.97% 0.136 13.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.8825, 7.0235, 4.6001)
Luminance	0.0702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2539 #258A76

analogous

#8A256C #8A2539 #8A4425

triadic

#8A2539 #398A25 #25398A

tetradic

#8A2539 #6C8A25 #258A76 #44258A

square

#8A2539 #6C8A25 #258A76 #44258A

split-complementary

#8A2539 #258A44 #256C8A

monochromatic

#290B11 #5A1825 #8A2539 #BA324D #D25770

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#8A2539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8A2539 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2539

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2539	1.00	8.73	2.40	8.73
#FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3E39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#970B2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 37, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.136 13.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2686f',
    500: '#8a2539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2539;
$custom-light: #b2686f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.119,
    "s": 57.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42972,
    "c": 0.13551,
    "h": 13.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2539

secondary

#54B7A3

accent

#E1C247

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2539

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

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