#8A2931#8A2931

#8A2931 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.131 H 20.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2931
RGB	rgb(138, 41, 49)
HSL	hsl(355, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(355, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.3%, 64.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.29, 41.51, 18.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.29, 45.50, 24.16°)
OKLab	oklab(43.24% 0.1231 0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(43.24% 0.131 20)
XYZ	xyz(11.8297, 7.2126, 3.6744)
Luminance	0.0721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2931 #298A82

analogous

#8A2961 #8A2931 #8A5229

triadic

#8A2931 #318A29 #29318A

tetradic

#8A2931 #618A29 #298A82 #52298A

square

#8A2931 #618A29 #298A82 #52298A

split-complementary

#8A2931 #298A52 #29618A

monochromatic

#2C0D0F #5B1B20 #8A2931 #B93742 #CF5E68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.60

#8A2931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8A2931 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2931

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2931	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)

#433F31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B532E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98102D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 41, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.131 20.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26969',
    500: '#8a2931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2931;
$custom-light: #b26969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.052,
    "s": 54.19,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43235,
    "c": 0.13102,
    "h": 20
  },
  "luminance": 0.07211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2931

secondary

#5AB5AD

accent

#DED14A

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2931

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

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