#8A2A35#8A2A35

#8A2A35 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.130 H 17.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2A35
RGB	rgb(138, 42, 53)
HSL	hsl(353, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(353, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 61.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.52, 41.37, 16.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.52, 44.48, 21.56°)
OKLab	oklab(43.44% 0.1235 0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(43.44% 0.13 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.9530, 7.3179, 4.1506)
Luminance	0.0732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2A35 #2A8A7F

analogous

#8A2A65 #8A2A35 #8A4F2A

triadic

#8A2A35 #358A2A #2A358A

tetradic

#8A2A35 #658A2A #2A8A7F #4F2A8A

square

#8A2A35 #658A2A #2A8A7F #4F2A8A

split-complementary

#8A2A35 #2A8A4F #2A658A

monochromatic

#2C0D11 #5B1C23 #8A2A35 #B93847 #CF606D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.53

#8A2A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8A2A35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2A35

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2A35	1.00	8.53	2.46	8.53
#FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434035

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97142F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 42, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.130 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26a6c',
    500: '#8a2a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2a35;
$custom-light: #b26a6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.125,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43435,
    "c": 0.12974,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2A35

secondary

#5BB4AA

accent

#DDCC4B

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2A35

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