#8A283D#8A283D

#8A283D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.132 H 12.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A283D
RGB	rgb(138, 40, 61)
HSL	hsl(347, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(347, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 55.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.39, 42.83, 10.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.39, 44.22, 14.36°)
OKLab	oklab(43.4% 0.1295 0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(43.4% 0.132 12)
XYZ	xyz(12.0834, 7.2594, 5.1789)
Luminance	0.0726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A283D #288A75

analogous

#8A286E #8A283D #8A4428

triadic

#8A283D #3D8A28 #283D8A

tetradic

#8A283D #6E8A28 #288A75 #44288A

square

#8A283D #6E8A28 #288A75 #44288A

split-complementary

#8A283D #288A44 #286E8A

monochromatic

#2B0C13 #5B1A28 #8A283D #B93652 #D05D75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.57

#8A283D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8A283D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A283D

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A283D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A283D	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)

#403F3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59543B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971330

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a283d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 40, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.132 12.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26972',
    500: '#8a283d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a283d;
$custom-light: #b26972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a283d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.143,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43396,
    "c": 0.13241,
    "h": 12
  },
  "luminance": 0.07258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A283D

secondary

#59B5A1

accent

#DEBE49

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A283D

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

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