#8A2B32#8A2B32

#8A2B32 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.129 H 20.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2B32
RGB	rgb(138, 43, 50)
HSL	hsl(356, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(356, 69%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 63.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.62, 40.72, 18.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.62, 44.69, 24.33°)
OKLab	oklab(43.49% 0.1208 0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(43.49% 0.129 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.9220, 7.3630, 3.8104)
Luminance	0.0736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2B32 #2B8A83

analogous

#8A2B61 #8A2B32 #8A532B

triadic

#8A2B32 #328A2B #2B328A

tetradic

#8A2B32 #618A2B #2B8A83 #532B8A

square

#8A2B32 #618A2B #2B8A83 #532B8A

split-complementary

#8A2B32 #2B8A53 #2B618A

monochromatic

#2D0E10 #5B1C21 #8A2B32 #B93A43 #CE6169

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.49

#8A2B32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8A2B32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2B32

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2B32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2B32	1.00	8.49	2.47	8.49
#FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444032

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C542F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97152E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2b32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 43, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.129 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26a69',
    500: '#8a2b32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2b32;
$custom-light: #b26a69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2b32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.579,
    "s": 52.486,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4349,
    "c": 0.12872,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2B32

secondary

#5DB4AE

accent

#DCD14C

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2B32

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

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