#8A2A30#8A2A30

#8A2A30 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.130 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2A30
RGB	rgb(138, 42, 48)
HSL	hsl(356, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(356, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 65.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.42, 41.02, 19.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.42, 45.39, 25.36°)
OKLab	oklab(43.33% 0.1214 0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(43.33% 0.13 21)
XYZ	xyz(11.8439, 7.2743, 3.5761)
Luminance	0.0727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2A30 #2A8A84

analogous

#8A2A60 #8A2A30 #8A542A

triadic

#8A2A30 #308A2A #2A308A

tetradic

#8A2A30 #608A2A #2A8A84 #542A8A

square

#8A2A30 #608A2A #2A8A84 #542A8A

split-complementary

#8A2A30 #2A8A54 #2A608A

monochromatic

#2C0D0F #5B1C20 #8A2A30 #B93840 #CF6067

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#8A2A30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8A2A30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2A30

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2A30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2A30	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)

#443F30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C542D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98122D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2a30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 42, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.130 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26a68',
    500: '#8a2a30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2a30;
$custom-light: #b26a68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2a30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.25,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43332,
    "c": 0.12999,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.07273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2A30

secondary

#5BB4AF

accent

#DDD44B

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2A30

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

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