#8A2937#8A2937

#8A2937 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.131 H 16.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2937
RGB	rgb(138, 41, 55)
HSL	hsl(351, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(351, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.3%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.41, 41.94, 14.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.41, 44.51, 19.56°)
OKLab	oklab(43.36% 0.1257 0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(43.36% 0.131 16.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.9649, 7.2666, 4.3862)
Luminance	0.0727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2937 #298A7C

analogous

#8A2968 #8A2937 #8A4B29

triadic

#8A2937 #378A29 #29378A

tetradic

#8A2937 #688A29 #298A7C #4B298A

square

#8A2937 #688A29 #298A7C #4B298A

split-complementary

#8A2937 #298A4B #29688A

monochromatic

#2C0D11 #5B1B24 #8A2937 #B9374A #CF5E6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#8A2937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8A2937 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2937

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2937	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)

#423F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97132F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 41, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.131 16.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2696d',
    500: '#8a2937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2937;
$custom-light: #b2696d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.34,
    "s": 54.19,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43364,
    "c": 0.13089,
    "h": 16.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2937

secondary

#5AB5A8

accent

#DEC84A

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2937

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

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