#8A2738#8A2738

#8A2738 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.133 H 14.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2738
RGB	rgb(138, 39, 56)
HSL	hsl(350, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(350, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.7%, 59.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.13, 42.84, 13.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.13, 45.03, 17.94°)
OKLab	oklab(43.16% 0.1287 0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(43.16% 0.133 14.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.9217, 7.1415, 4.4913)
Luminance	0.0714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2738 #278A79

analogous

#8A276A #8A2738 #8A4827

triadic

#8A2738 #388A27 #27388A

tetradic

#8A2738 #6A8A27 #278A79 #48278A

square

#8A2738 #6A8A27 #278A79 #48278A

split-complementary

#8A2738 #278A48 #276A8A

monochromatic

#2B0C11 #5A1A25 #8A2738 #BA344B #D15B6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65

#8A2738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8A2738 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2738

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2738	1.00	8.65	2.43	8.65
#FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403F38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#970F2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 39, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.133 14.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2696e',
    500: '#8a2738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2738;
$custom-light: #b2696e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.697,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43163,
    "c": 0.1332,
    "h": 14.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2738

secondary

#57B6A5

accent

#DFC549

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2738

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

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