#8A2834#8A2834

#8A2834 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.132 H 17.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2834
RGB	rgb(138, 40, 52)
HSL	hsl(353, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(353, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 62.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.19, 42.14, 16.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.19, 45.27, 21.46°)
OKLab	oklab(43.18% 0.1257 0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(43.18% 0.132 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.8610, 7.1705, 4.0076)
Luminance	0.0717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2834 #288A7E

analogous

#8A2865 #8A2834 #8A4D28

triadic

#8A2834 #348A28 #28348A

tetradic

#8A2834 #658A28 #288A7E #4D288A

square

#8A2834 #658A28 #288A7E #4D288A

split-complementary

#8A2834 #288A4D #28658A

monochromatic

#2B0C10 #5B1A22 #8A2834 #B93646 #D05D6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.63

#8A2834 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8A2834 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2834

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2834	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2834	1.00	8.63	2.43	8.63
#FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#970F2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2834;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 40, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.132 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2696b',
    500: '#8a2834',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2834;
$custom-light: #b2696b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2834",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.653,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43184,
    "c": 0.13203,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2834

secondary

#59B5AA

accent

#DECC49

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2834

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

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