#8A2831#8A2831

#8A2831 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.132 H 19.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2831
RGB	rgb(138, 40, 49)
HSL	hsl(354, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(354, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 64.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.13, 41.93, 18.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.13, 45.80, 23.72°)
OKLab	oklab(43.12% 0.1245 0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(43.12% 0.132 19.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.7956, 7.1443, 3.6630)
Luminance	0.0714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2831 #288A81

analogous

#8A2862 #8A2831 #8A5028

triadic

#8A2831 #318A28 #28318A

tetradic

#8A2831 #628A28 #288A81 #50288A

square

#8A2831 #628A28 #288A81 #50288A

split-complementary

#8A2831 #288A50 #28628A

monochromatic

#2B0C0F #5B1A20 #8A2831 #B93642 #D05D67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65

#8A2831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8A2831 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2831

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2831	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)

#423E31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B532E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980E2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 40, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.132 19.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26969',
    500: '#8a2831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2831;
$custom-light: #b26969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.49,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43121,
    "c": 0.13213,
    "h": 19.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2831

secondary

#59B5AD

accent

#DED149

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2831

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

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