#8A2A39#8A2A39

#8A2A39 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.130 H 15.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2A39
RGB	rgb(138, 42, 57)
HSL	hsl(351, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(351, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 58.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.60, 41.67, 13.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.60, 43.92, 18.40°)
OKLab	oklab(43.53% 0.1251 0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(43.53% 0.13 15.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.0488, 7.3562, 4.6555)
Luminance	0.0736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2A39 #2A8A7B

analogous

#8A2A69 #8A2A39 #8A4B2A

triadic

#8A2A39 #398A2A #2A398A

tetradic

#8A2A39 #698A2A #2A8A7B #4B2A8A

square

#8A2A39 #698A2A #2A8A7B #4B2A8A

split-complementary

#8A2A39 #2A8A4B #2A698A

monochromatic

#2C0D12 #5B1C26 #8A2A39 #B9384C #CF6071

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.50

#8A2A39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8A2A39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2A39

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2A39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2A39	1.00	8.50	2.47	8.50
#FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#424039

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971530

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2a39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 42, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.130 15.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26a6f',
    500: '#8a2a39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2a39;
$custom-light: #b26a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2a39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.625,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43526,
    "c": 0.12977,
    "h": 15.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2A39

secondary

#5BB4A6

accent

#DDC64B

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2A39

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