#8A2B30#8A2B30

#8A2B30 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.129 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2B30
RGB	rgb(138, 43, 48)
HSL	hsl(357, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(357, 69%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 65.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.58, 40.59, 19.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.58, 45.09, 25.82°)
OKLab	oklab(43.45% 0.12 0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(43.45% 0.129 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.8798, 7.3461, 3.5881)
Luminance	0.0734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2B30 #2B8A85

analogous

#8A2B5F #8A2B30 #8A552B

triadic

#8A2B30 #308A2B #2B308A

tetradic

#8A2B30 #5F8A2B #2B8A85 #552B8A

square

#8A2B30 #5F8A2B #2B8A85 #552B8A

split-complementary

#8A2B30 #2B8A55 #2B5F8A

monochromatic

#2D0E10 #5B1C20 #8A2B30 #B93A40 #CE6167

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.51

#8A2B30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8A2B30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2B30

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2B30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2B30	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)

#44402F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C542D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98142E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2b30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 43, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.129 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26a68',
    500: '#8a2b30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2b30;
$custom-light: #b26a68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2b30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.842,
    "s": 52.486,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4345,
    "c": 0.12887,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2B30

secondary

#5DB4AF

accent

#DCD44C

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2B30

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