#8A283E#8A283E

#8A283E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.133 H 11.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A283E
RGB	rgb(138, 40, 62)
HSL	hsl(347, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(347, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 55.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.41, 42.92, 10.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.41, 44.15, 13.56°)
OKLab	oklab(43.42% 0.1299 0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(43.42% 0.133 11.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.1106, 7.2703, 5.3221)
Luminance	0.0727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A283E #288A74

analogous

#8A286F #8A283E #8A4328

triadic

#8A283E #3E8A28 #283E8A

tetradic

#8A283E #6F8A28 #288A74 #43288A

square

#8A283E #6F8A28 #288A74 #43288A

split-complementary

#8A283E #288A43 #286F8A

monochromatic

#2B0C13 #5B1A29 #8A283E #B93653 #D05D76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#8A283E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8A283E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A283E

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A283E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A283E	1.00	8.56	2.45	8.56
#FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#40403E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59543C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971431

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a283e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 40, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.133 11.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16973',
    500: '#8a283e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a283e;
$custom-light: #b16973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a283e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.531,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43422,
    "c": 0.13251,
    "h": 11.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A283E

secondary

#59B5A0

accent

#DEBD49

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120708

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A283E

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

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