#8A2B31#8A2B31

#8A2B31 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.129 H 20.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2B31
RGB	rgb(138, 43, 49)
HSL	hsl(356, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(356, 69%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 64.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.60, 40.65, 19.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.60, 44.89, 25.08°)
OKLab	oklab(43.47% 0.1204 0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(43.47% 0.129 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.9007, 7.3544, 3.6980)
Luminance	0.0735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2B31 #2B8A84

analogous

#8A2B60 #8A2B31 #8A552B

triadic

#8A2B31 #318A2B #2B318A

tetradic

#8A2B31 #608A2B #2B8A84 #552B8A

square

#8A2B31 #608A2B #2B8A84 #552B8A

split-complementary

#8A2B31 #2B8A55 #2B608A

monochromatic

#2D0E10 #5B1C20 #8A2B31 #B93A42 #CE6168

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.50

#8A2B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8A2B31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2B31

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2B31	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)

#444031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C542E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98142E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 43, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.129 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26a69',
    500: '#8a2b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2b31;
$custom-light: #b26a69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.211,
    "s": 52.486,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4347,
    "c": 0.1288,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2B31

secondary

#5DB4AE

accent

#DCD34C

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2B31

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