#8A2739#8A2739

#8A2739 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.133 H 14.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2739
RGB	rgb(138, 39, 57)
HSL	hsl(349, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(349, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.7%, 58.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.15, 42.92, 13.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.15, 44.92, 17.16°)
OKLab	oklab(43.19% 0.1291 0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(43.19% 0.133 14.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.9464, 7.1514, 4.6214)
Luminance	0.0715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2739 #278A78

analogous

#8A276B #8A2739 #8A4727

triadic

#8A2739 #398A27 #27398A

tetradic

#8A2739 #6B8A27 #278A78 #47278A

square

#8A2739 #6B8A27 #278A78 #47278A

split-complementary

#8A2739 #278A47 #276B8A

monochromatic

#2B0C12 #5A1A25 #8A2739 #BA344D #D15B70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.64

#8A2739 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8A2739 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2739

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2739	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2739	1.00	8.64	2.43	8.64
#FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403F39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97102E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2739;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 39, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.133 14.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2696f',
    500: '#8a2739',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2739;
$custom-light: #b2696f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2739",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.091,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43186,
    "c": 0.13326,
    "h": 14.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2739

secondary

#57B6A4

accent

#DFC449

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2739

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

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