#8A2940#8A2940

#8A2940 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.132 H 10.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2940
RGB	rgb(138, 41, 64)
HSL	hsl(346, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(346, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.3%, 53.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.61, 42.68, 9.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.61, 43.68, 12.32°)
OKLab	oklab(43.59% 0.1294 0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(43.59% 0.132 10.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.2006, 7.3609, 5.6278)
Luminance	0.0736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2940 #298A73

analogous

#8A2971 #8A2940 #8A4229

triadic

#8A2940 #408A29 #29408A

tetradic

#8A2940 #718A29 #298A73 #42298A

square

#8A2940 #718A29 #298A73 #42298A

split-complementary

#8A2940 #298A42 #29718A

monochromatic

#2C0D14 #5B1B2A #8A2940 #B93756 #CF5E79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.50

#8A2940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8A2940 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2940

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2940	1.00	8.50	2.47	8.50
#FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#404040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59543E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971632

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 41, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.132 10.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16a74',
    500: '#8a2940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2940;
$custom-light: #b16a74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.773,
    "s": 54.19,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43587,
    "c": 0.13156,
    "h": 10.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2940

secondary

#5AB59F

accent

#DEBB4A

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6EBED

border

#D0C6C8

text

#120708

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2940

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

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