#8A283C#8A283C

#8A283C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.132 H 12.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A283C
RGB	rgb(138, 40, 60)
HSL	hsl(348, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(348, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 56.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.37, 42.75, 11.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.37, 44.29, 15.17°)
OKLab	oklab(43.37% 0.1291 0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(43.37% 0.132 12.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.0567, 7.2487, 5.0384)
Luminance	0.0725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A283C #288A76

analogous

#8A286D #8A283C #8A4528

triadic

#8A283C #3C8A28 #283C8A

tetradic

#8A283C #6D8A28 #288A76 #45288A

square

#8A283C #6D8A28 #288A76 #45288A

split-complementary

#8A283C #288A45 #286D8A

monochromatic

#2B0C13 #5B1A27 #8A283C #B93651 #D05D74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.57

#8A283C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8A283C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A283C

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A283C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A283C	1.00	8.57	2.45	8.57
#FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403F3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A543A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971330

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a283c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 40, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.132 12.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26971',
    500: '#8a283c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a283c;
$custom-light: #b26971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a283c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.755,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43371,
    "c": 0.13231,
    "h": 12.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A283C

secondary

#59B5A2

accent

#DEC049

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A283C

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

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