#8A2938#8A2938

#8A2938 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.131 H 15.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2938
RGB	rgb(138, 41, 56)
HSL	hsl(351, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(351, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.3%, 59.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.43, 42.02, 14.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.43, 44.38, 18.77°)
OKLab	oklab(43.39% 0.1261 0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(43.39% 0.131 15.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.9891, 7.2763, 4.5138)
Luminance	0.0727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2938 #298A7B

analogous

#8A2968 #8A2938 #8A4B29

triadic

#8A2938 #388A29 #29388A

tetradic

#8A2938 #688A29 #298A7B #4B298A

square

#8A2938 #688A29 #298A7B #4B298A

split-complementary

#8A2938 #298A4B #29688A

monochromatic

#2C0D12 #5B1B25 #8A2938 #B9374B #CF5E70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.55

#8A2938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8A2938 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2938

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2938	1.00	8.55	2.45	8.55
#FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423F38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97132F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 41, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.131 15.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2696e',
    500: '#8a2938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2938;
$custom-light: #b2696e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.722,
    "s": 54.19,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43387,
    "c": 0.13091,
    "h": 15.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2938

secondary

#5AB5A7

accent

#DEC74A

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2938

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

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