#8A2A31#8A2A31

#8A2A31 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.130 H 20.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2A31
RGB	rgb(138, 42, 49)
HSL	hsl(356, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(356, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 64.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.44, 41.09, 18.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.44, 45.19, 24.61°)
OKLab	oklab(43.35% 0.1218 0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(43.35% 0.13 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.8648, 7.2826, 3.6861)
Luminance	0.0728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2A31 #2A8A83

analogous

#8A2A61 #8A2A31 #8A532A

triadic

#8A2A31 #318A2A #2A318A

tetradic

#8A2A31 #618A2A #2A8A83 #532A8A

square

#8A2A31 #618A2A #2A8A83 #532A8A

split-complementary

#8A2A31 #2A8A53 #2A618A

monochromatic

#2C0D10 #5B1C20 #8A2A31 #B93842 #CF6068

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.55

#8A2A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8A2A31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2A31

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2A31	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)

#433F31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C542E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98122D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 42, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.130 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26a69',
    500: '#8a2a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2a31;
$custom-light: #b26a69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.625,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43352,
    "c": 0.12991,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2A31

secondary

#5BB4AE

accent

#DDD24B

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2A31

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