#8A2838#8A2838

#8A2838 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.132 H 15.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2838
RGB	rgb(138, 40, 56)
HSL	hsl(350, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(350, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 59.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.28, 42.43, 14.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.28, 44.71, 18.35°)
OKLab	oklab(43.27% 0.1274 0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(43.27% 0.132 15.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.9550, 7.2080, 4.5024)
Luminance	0.0721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2838 #288A7A

analogous

#8A2869 #8A2838 #8A4928

triadic

#8A2838 #388A28 #28388A

tetradic

#8A2838 #698A28 #288A7A #49288A

square

#8A2838 #698A28 #288A7A #49288A

split-complementary

#8A2838 #288A49 #28698A

monochromatic

#2B0C11 #5B1A25 #8A2838 #B9364B #D05D6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.60

#8A2838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8A2838 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2838

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2838	1.00	8.60	2.44	8.60
#FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413F38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97112F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 40, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.132 15.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2696e',
    500: '#8a2838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2838;
$custom-light: #b2696e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.204,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43274,
    "c": 0.13206,
    "h": 15.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2838

secondary

#59B5A6

accent

#DEC649

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2838

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

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