#8A2A36#8A2A36

#8A2A36 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.130 H 17.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2A36
RGB	rgb(138, 42, 54)
HSL	hsl(353, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(353, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 60.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.54, 41.44, 15.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.54, 44.32, 20.78°)
OKLab	oklab(43.46% 0.1239 0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(43.46% 0.13 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.9762, 7.3272, 4.2730)
Luminance	0.0733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2A36 #2A8A7E

analogous

#8A2A66 #8A2A36 #8A4E2A

triadic

#8A2A36 #368A2A #2A368A

tetradic

#8A2A36 #668A2A #2A8A7E #4E2A8A

square

#8A2A36 #668A2A #2A8A7E #4E2A8A

split-complementary

#8A2A36 #2A8A4E #2A668A

monochromatic

#2C0D11 #5B1C24 #8A2A36 #B93848 #CF606E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.52

#8A2A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8A2A36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2A36

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2A36	1.00	8.52	2.47	8.52
#FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434036

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97142F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 42, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.130 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26a6c',
    500: '#8a2a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2a36;
$custom-light: #b26a6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.5,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43457,
    "c": 0.12973,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2A36

secondary

#5BB4A9

accent

#DDCB4B

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2A36

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

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