#8A2837#8A2837

#8A2837 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.132 H 15.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2837
RGB	rgb(138, 40, 55)
HSL	hsl(351, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(351, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.25, 42.36, 14.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.25, 44.83, 19.13°)
OKLab	oklab(43.25% 0.127 0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(43.25% 0.132 15.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.9308, 7.1983, 4.3749)
Luminance	0.0720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2837 #288A7B

analogous

#8A2868 #8A2837 #8A4A28

triadic

#8A2837 #378A28 #28378A

tetradic

#8A2837 #688A28 #288A7B #4A288A

square

#8A2837 #688A28 #288A7B #4A288A

split-complementary

#8A2837 #288A4A #28688A

monochromatic

#2B0C11 #5B1A24 #8A2837 #B9364A #D05D6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.61

#8A2837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8A2837 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2837

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2837	1.00	8.61	2.44	8.61
#FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97112E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 40, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.132 15.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2696d',
    500: '#8a2837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2837;
$custom-light: #b2696d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.816,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43251,
    "c": 0.13204,
    "h": 15.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2837

secondary

#59B5A7

accent

#DEC849

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2837

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

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