#8A2832#8A2832

#8A2832 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.132 H 19.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2832
RGB	rgb(138, 40, 50)
HSL	hsl(354, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(354, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 63.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.15, 42.00, 17.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.15, 45.62, 22.97°)
OKLab	oklab(43.14% 0.1249 0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(43.14% 0.132 19)
XYZ	xyz(11.8169, 7.1528, 3.7754)
Luminance	0.0715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2832 #288A80

analogous

#8A2863 #8A2832 #8A4F28

triadic

#8A2832 #328A28 #28328A

tetradic

#8A2832 #638A28 #288A80 #4F288A

square

#8A2832 #638A28 #288A80 #4F288A

split-complementary

#8A2832 #288A4F #28638A

monochromatic

#2B0C10 #5B1A21 #8A2832 #B93643 #D05D68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.64

#8A2832 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8A2832 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2832

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2832	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2832	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)

#423F32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B532F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980E2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2832;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 40, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.132 19.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26969',
    500: '#8a2832',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2832;
$custom-light: #b26969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2832",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.878,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43142,
    "c": 0.13208,
    "h": 19
  },
  "luminance": 0.07151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2832

secondary

#59B5AC

accent

#DECF49

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2832

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

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