#8A2930#8A2930

#8A2930 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.131 H 20.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2930
RGB	rgb(138, 41, 48)
HSL	hsl(356, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(356, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.3%, 65.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.27, 41.45, 19.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.27, 45.69, 24.90°)
OKLab	oklab(43.22% 0.1227 0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(43.22% 0.131 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.8089, 7.2042, 3.5645)
Luminance	0.0720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2930 #298A83

analogous

#8A2961 #8A2930 #8A5229

triadic

#8A2930 #308A29 #29308A

tetradic

#8A2930 #618A29 #298A83 #52298A

square

#8A2930 #618A29 #298A83 #52298A

split-complementary

#8A2930 #298A52 #29618A

monochromatic

#2C0D0F #5B1B20 #8A2930 #B93740 #CF5E66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.60

#8A2930 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8A2930 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2930

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2930	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2930	1.00	8.60	2.44	8.60
#FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433F30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B532D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98102C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2930;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 41, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.131 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26968',
    500: '#8a2930',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2930;
$custom-light: #b26968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2930",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.67,
    "s": 54.19,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43215,
    "c": 0.13109,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2930

secondary

#5AB5AE

accent

#DED34A

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2930

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

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