#8A2638#8A2638

#8A2638 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.134 H 14.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2638
RGB	rgb(138, 38, 56)
HSL	hsl(349, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(349, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 59.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.98, 43.24, 13.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.98, 45.36, 17.55°)
OKLab	oklab(43.05% 0.13 0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(43.05% 0.134 14.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.8893, 7.0767, 4.4805)
Luminance	0.0707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2638 #268A78

analogous

#8A266A #8A2638 #8A4626

triadic

#8A2638 #388A26 #26388A

tetradic

#8A2638 #6A8A26 #268A78 #46268A

square

#8A2638 #6A8A26 #268A78 #46268A

split-complementary

#8A2638 #268A46 #266A8A

monochromatic

#2A0C11 #5A1925 #8A2638 #BA334B #D1596F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#8A2638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8A2638 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2638

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2638	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)

#403E38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#970D2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 38, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.134 14.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2686e',
    500: '#8a2638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2638;
$custom-light: #b2686e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.2,
    "s": 56.818,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43054,
    "c": 0.13433,
    "h": 14.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2638

secondary

#56B6A5

accent

#E0C548

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2638

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

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