#8A2840#8A2840

#8A2840 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.133 H 10.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2840
RGB	rgb(138, 40, 64)
HSL	hsl(345, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(345, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 53.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.46, 43.09, 9.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.46, 44.04, 11.94°)
OKLab	oklab(43.48% 0.1307 0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(43.48% 0.133 10.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.1665, 7.2926, 5.6164)
Luminance	0.0729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2840 #288A72

analogous

#8A2871 #8A2840 #8A4128

triadic

#8A2840 #408A28 #28408A

tetradic

#8A2840 #718A28 #288A72 #41288A

square

#8A2840 #718A28 #288A72 #41288A

split-complementary

#8A2840 #288A41 #28718A

monochromatic

#2B0C14 #5B1A2A #8A2840 #B93656 #D05D79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#8A2840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8A2840 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2840

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2840	1.00	8.54	2.46	8.54
#FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#404040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59543E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971532

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 40, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.133 10.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16974',
    500: '#8a2840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2840;
$custom-light: #b16974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.306,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43475,
    "c": 0.13277,
    "h": 10.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2840

secondary

#59B59F

accent

#DEBA49

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6EBED

border

#D0C6C8

text

#120708

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2840

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

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