#8A2B36#8A2B36

#8A2B36 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.129 H 17.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2B36
RGB	rgb(138, 43, 54)
HSL	hsl(353, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(353, 69%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 60.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.70, 41.01, 15.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.70, 44.00, 21.23°)
OKLab	oklab(43.58% 0.1225 0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(43.58% 0.129 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.0121, 7.3990, 4.2849)
Luminance	0.0740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2B36 #2B8A7F

analogous

#8A2B65 #8A2B36 #8A502B

triadic

#8A2B36 #368A2B #2B368A

tetradic

#8A2B36 #658A2B #2B8A7F #502B8A

square

#8A2B36 #658A2B #2B8A7F #502B8A

split-complementary

#8A2B36 #2B8A50 #2B658A

monochromatic

#2D0E11 #5B1C24 #8A2B36 #B93A48 #CE616E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.47

#8A2B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8A2B36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2B36

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2B36	1.00	8.47	2.48	8.47
#FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434036

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971630

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 43, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.129 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26a6c',
    500: '#8a2b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2b36;
$custom-light: #b26a6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.053,
    "s": 52.486,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43575,
    "c": 0.12857,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2B36

secondary

#5DB4AA

accent

#DCCB4C

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2B36

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

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