#8A2730#8A2730

#8A2730 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.133 H 19.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2730
RGB	rgb(138, 39, 48)
HSL	hsl(355, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(355, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.7%, 65.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.96, 42.28, 18.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.96, 46.29, 24.03°)
OKLab	oklab(42.99% 0.1254 0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(42.99% 0.133 19.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.7415, 7.0694, 3.5420)
Luminance	0.0707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2730 #278A81

analogous

#8A2762 #8A2730 #8A4F27

triadic

#8A2730 #308A27 #27308A

tetradic

#8A2730 #628A27 #278A81 #4F278A

square

#8A2730 #628A27 #278A81 #4F278A

split-complementary

#8A2730 #278A4F #27628A

monochromatic

#2B0C0F #5A1A1F #8A2730 #BA3441 #D15B66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#8A2730 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8A2730 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2730

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2730	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2730	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)

#423E30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B532D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980B2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2730;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 39, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.133 19.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26868',
    500: '#8a2730',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2730;
$custom-light: #b26868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2730",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.545,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42989,
    "c": 0.13327,
    "h": 19.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2730

secondary

#57B6AD

accent

#DFD249

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2730

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

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