#8A2A38#8A2A38

#8A2A38 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.130 H 16.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2A38
RGB	rgb(138, 42, 56)
HSL	hsl(351, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(351, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 59.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.58, 41.59, 14.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.58, 44.04, 19.20°)
OKLab	oklab(43.5% 0.1247 0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(43.5% 0.13 16)
XYZ	xyz(12.0241, 7.3464, 4.5254)
Luminance	0.0735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2A38 #2A8A7C

analogous

#8A2A68 #8A2A38 #8A4C2A

triadic

#8A2A38 #388A2A #2A388A

tetradic

#8A2A38 #688A2A #2A8A7C #4C2A8A

square

#8A2A38 #688A2A #2A8A7C #4C2A8A

split-complementary

#8A2A38 #2A8A4C #2A688A

monochromatic

#2C0D12 #5B1C25 #8A2A38 #B9384B #CF6070

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.51

#8A2A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8A2A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2A38

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2A38	1.00	8.51	2.47	8.51
#FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#424038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971530

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 42, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.130 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26a6e',
    500: '#8a2a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2a38;
$custom-light: #b26a6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.25,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43502,
    "c": 0.12974,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.07345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2A38

secondary

#5BB4A7

accent

#DDC74B

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2A38

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