#8A2936#8A2936

#8A2936 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.131 H 16.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2936
RGB	rgb(138, 41, 54)
HSL	hsl(352, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(352, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.3%, 60.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.39, 41.87, 15.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.39, 44.65, 20.34°)
OKLab	oklab(43.34% 0.1252 0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(43.34% 0.131 16.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.9412, 7.2571, 4.2613)
Luminance	0.0726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2936 #298A7D

analogous

#8A2966 #8A2936 #8A4D29

triadic

#8A2936 #368A29 #29368A

tetradic

#8A2936 #668A29 #298A7D #4D298A

square

#8A2936 #668A29 #298A7D #4D298A

split-complementary

#8A2936 #298A4D #29668A

monochromatic

#2C0D11 #5B1B24 #8A2936 #B93748 #CF5E6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.57

#8A2936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8A2936 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2936

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2936	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)

#423F36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97122E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 41, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.131 16.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2696c',
    500: '#8a2936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2936;
$custom-light: #b2696c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.959,
    "s": 54.19,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43341,
    "c": 0.13089,
    "h": 16.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2936

secondary

#5AB5A9

accent

#DECA4A

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2936

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

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