#8A2939#8A2939

#8A2939 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.131 H 15.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2939
RGB	rgb(138, 41, 57)
HSL	hsl(350, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(350, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.3%, 58.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.45, 42.09, 13.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.45, 44.25, 17.97°)
OKLab	oklab(43.41% 0.1265 0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(43.41% 0.131 15)
XYZ	xyz(12.0138, 7.2862, 4.6439)
Luminance	0.0728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2939 #298A7A

analogous

#8A296A #8A2939 #8A4929

triadic

#8A2939 #398A29 #29398A

tetradic

#8A2939 #6A8A29 #298A7A #49298A

square

#8A2939 #6A8A29 #298A7A #49298A

split-complementary

#8A2939 #298A49 #296A8A

monochromatic

#2C0D12 #5B1B26 #8A2939 #B9374C #CF5E71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.55

#8A2939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8A2939 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2939

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2939	1.00	8.55	2.46	8.55
#FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#414039

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97132F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 41, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.131 15.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26a6f',
    500: '#8a2939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2939;
$custom-light: #b26a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.103,
    "s": 54.19,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4341,
    "c": 0.13094,
    "h": 15
  },
  "luminance": 0.07285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2939

secondary

#5AB5A6

accent

#DEC54A

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2939

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

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