#8A2B37#8A2B37

#8A2B37 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.129 H 17.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2B37
RGB	rgb(138, 43, 55)
HSL	hsl(352, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(352, 69%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.72, 41.08, 15.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.72, 43.85, 20.44°)
OKLab	oklab(43.6% 0.1229 0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(43.6% 0.129 17)
XYZ	xyz(12.0358, 7.4085, 4.4099)
Luminance	0.0741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2B37 #2B8A7E

analogous

#8A2B66 #8A2B37 #8A4E2B

triadic

#8A2B37 #378A2B #2B378A

tetradic

#8A2B37 #668A2B #2B8A7E #4E2B8A

square

#8A2B37 #668A2B #2B8A7E #4E2B8A

split-complementary

#8A2B37 #2B8A4E #2B668A

monochromatic

#2D0E12 #5B1C24 #8A2B37 #B93A4A #CE616F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.46

#8A2B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8A2B37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2B37

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2B37	1.00	8.46	2.48	8.46
#FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971630

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 43, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.129 17.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26a6d',
    500: '#8a2b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2b37;
$custom-light: #b26a6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.421,
    "s": 52.486,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43597,
    "c": 0.12856,
    "h": 17
  },
  "luminance": 0.07407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2B37

secondary

#5DB4A9

accent

#DCCA4C

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2B37

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