#8A283B#8A283B

#8A283B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.132 H 13.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A283B
RGB	rgb(138, 40, 59)
HSL	hsl(348, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(348, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 57.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.34, 42.67, 12.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.34, 44.38, 15.97°)
OKLab	oklab(43.35% 0.1287 0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(43.35% 0.132 13.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.0306, 7.2383, 4.9004)
Luminance	0.0724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A283B #288A77

analogous

#8A286C #8A283B #8A4628

triadic

#8A283B #3B8A28 #283B8A

tetradic

#8A283B #6C8A28 #288A77 #46288A

square

#8A283B #6C8A28 #288A77 #46288A

split-complementary

#8A283B #288A46 #286C8A

monochromatic

#2B0C12 #5B1A27 #8A283B #B9364F #D05D73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.58

#8A283B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8A283B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A283B

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A283B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A283B	1.00	8.58	2.45	8.58
#FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413F3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971230

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a283b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 40, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.132 13.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26970',
    500: '#8a283b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a283b;
$custom-light: #b26970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a283b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.367,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43346,
    "c": 0.13223,
    "h": 13.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A283B

secondary

#59B5A3

accent

#DEC249

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A283B

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

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