#8A2830#8A2830

#8A2830 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.132 H 20.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2830
RGB	rgb(138, 40, 48)
HSL	hsl(355, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(355, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 65.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.11, 41.86, 19.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.11, 45.99, 24.46°)
OKLab	oklab(43.1% 0.1241 0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(43.1% 0.132 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.7747, 7.1359, 3.5531)
Luminance	0.0713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2830 #288A82

analogous

#8A2861 #8A2830 #8A5128

triadic

#8A2830 #308A28 #28308A

tetradic

#8A2830 #618A28 #288A82 #51288A

square

#8A2830 #618A28 #288A82 #51288A

split-complementary

#8A2830 #288A51 #28618A

monochromatic

#2B0C0F #5B1A1F #8A2830 #B93641 #D05D66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65

#8A2830 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8A2830 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2830

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2830	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2830	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)

#423E30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B532D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980D2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2830;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 40, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.132 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26968',
    500: '#8a2830',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2830;
$custom-light: #b26968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2830",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.102,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43101,
    "c": 0.13218,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2830

secondary

#59B5AE

accent

#DED249

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2830

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

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