#8A2637#8A2637

#8A2637 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.134 H 15.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2637
RGB	rgb(138, 38, 55)
HSL	hsl(350, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(350, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.96, 43.17, 14.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.96, 45.48, 18.33°)
OKLab	oklab(43.03% 0.1296 0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(43.03% 0.134 15.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.8651, 7.0670, 4.3530)
Luminance	0.0707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2637 #268A79

analogous

#8A2669 #8A2637 #8A4726

triadic

#8A2637 #378A26 #26378A

tetradic

#8A2637 #698A26 #268A79 #47268A

square

#8A2637 #698A26 #268A79 #47268A

split-complementary

#8A2637 #268A47 #26698A

monochromatic

#2A0C11 #5A1924 #8A2637 #BA334A #D1596E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#8A2637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8A2637 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2637

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2637	1.00	8.70	2.41	8.70
#FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403E37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#970C2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 38, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.134 15.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2686d',
    500: '#8a2637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2637;
$custom-light: #b2686d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.8,
    "s": 56.818,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43031,
    "c": 0.13429,
    "h": 15.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2637

secondary

#56B6A6

accent

#E0C648

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2637

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

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