#8A2A42#8A2A42

#8A2A42 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.131 H 9.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2A42
RGB	rgb(138, 42, 66)
HSL	hsl(345, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(345, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 52.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.82, 42.43, 8.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.82, 43.24, 11.07°)
OKLab	oklab(43.76% 0.1289 0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(43.76% 0.131 9.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.2936, 7.4542, 5.9446)
Luminance	0.0745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2A42 #2A8A72

analogous

#8A2A72 #8A2A42 #8A422A

triadic

#8A2A42 #428A2A #2A428A

tetradic

#8A2A42 #728A2A #2A8A72 #422A8A

square

#8A2A42 #728A2A #2A8A72 #422A8A

split-complementary

#8A2A42 #2A8A42 #2A728A

monochromatic

#2C0D15 #5B1C2C #8A2A42 #B93858 #CF607C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.43

#8A2A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8A2A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2A42

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2A42	1.00	8.43	2.49	8.43
#FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#404142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971934

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 42, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.131 9.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16a76',
    500: '#8a2a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2a42;
$custom-light: #b16a76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43755,
    "c": 0.13062,
    "h": 9.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2A42

secondary

#5BB49E

accent

#DDB84B

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6EBED

border

#D0C6C8

text

#110708

muted

#807A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2A42

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

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