#8A283A#8A283A

#8A283A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.132 H 14.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A283A
RGB	rgb(138, 40, 58)
HSL	hsl(349, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(349, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 58%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.32, 42.59, 12.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.32, 44.48, 16.77°)
OKLab	oklab(43.32% 0.1282 0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(43.32% 0.132 14)
XYZ	xyz(12.0049, 7.2280, 4.7652)
Luminance	0.0723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A283A #288A78

analogous

#8A286B #8A283A #8A4728

triadic

#8A283A #3A8A28 #283A8A

tetradic

#8A283A #6B8A28 #288A78 #47288A

square

#8A283A #6B8A28 #288A78 #47288A

split-complementary

#8A283A #288A47 #286B8A

monochromatic

#2B0C12 #5B1A26 #8A283A #B9364E #D05D72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.59

#8A283A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8A283A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A283A

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A283A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A283A	1.00	8.59	2.45	8.59
#FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413F3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97122F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a283a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 40, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.132 14.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2696f',
    500: '#8a283a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a283a;
$custom-light: #b2696f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a283a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.98,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43321,
    "c": 0.13216,
    "h": 14
  },
  "luminance": 0.07226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A283A

secondary

#59B5A4

accent

#DEC349

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A283A

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

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