#8A2B35#8A2B35

#8A2B35 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.129 H 18.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2B35
RGB	rgb(138, 43, 53)
HSL	hsl(354, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(354, 69%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 61.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.68, 40.94, 16.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.68, 44.16, 22.02°)
OKLab	oklab(43.55% 0.1221 0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(43.55% 0.129 18.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.9889, 7.3897, 4.1625)
Luminance	0.0739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2B35 #2B8A80

analogous

#8A2B64 #8A2B35 #8A502B

triadic

#8A2B35 #358A2B #2B358A

tetradic

#8A2B35 #648A2B #2B8A80 #502B8A

square

#8A2B35 #648A2B #2B8A80 #502B8A

split-complementary

#8A2B35 #2B8A50 #2B648A

monochromatic

#2D0E11 #5B1C23 #8A2B35 #B93A47 #CE616D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.48

#8A2B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8A2B35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2B35

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2B35	1.00	8.48	2.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434035

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97162F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 43, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.129 18.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26a6c',
    500: '#8a2b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2b35;
$custom-light: #b26a6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.684,
    "s": 52.486,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43553,
    "c": 0.12859,
    "h": 18.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2B35

secondary

#5DB4AB

accent

#DCCD4C

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2B35

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

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