#8A2A40#8A2A40

#8A2A40 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.130 H 10.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2A40
RGB	rgb(138, 42, 64)
HSL	hsl(346, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(346, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 53.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.77, 42.25, 9.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.77, 43.32, 12.71°)
OKLab	oklab(43.7% 0.1281 0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(43.7% 0.13 10.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.2357, 7.4310, 5.6395)
Luminance	0.0743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2A40 #2A8A74

analogous

#8A2A70 #8A2A40 #8A442A

triadic

#8A2A40 #408A2A #2A408A

tetradic

#8A2A40 #708A2A #2A8A74 #442A8A

square

#8A2A40 #708A2A #2A8A74 #442A8A

split-complementary

#8A2A40 #2A8A44 #2A708A

monochromatic

#2C0D14 #5B1C2A #8A2A40 #B93856 #CF6079

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.45

#8A2A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8A2A40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2A40

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2A40	1.00	8.45	2.49	8.45
#FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#414140

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A543E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971833

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 42, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.130 10.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16a74',
    500: '#8a2a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2a40;
$custom-light: #b16a74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.25,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43701,
    "c": 0.13033,
    "h": 10.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2A40

secondary

#5BB4A0

accent

#DDBB4B

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6EBED

border

#D0C6C8

text

#120708

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2A40

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

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