#8A2B38#8A2B38

#8A2B38 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.129 H 16.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2B38
RGB	rgb(138, 43, 56)
HSL	hsl(352, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(352, 69%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 59.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.74, 41.16, 14.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.74, 43.71, 19.65°)
OKLab	oklab(43.62% 0.1234 0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(43.62% 0.129 16.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.0600, 7.4182, 4.5374)
Luminance	0.0742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2B38 #2B8A7D

analogous

#8A2B68 #8A2B38 #8A4D2B

triadic

#8A2B38 #388A2B #2B388A

tetradic

#8A2B38 #688A2B #2B8A7D #4D2B8A

square

#8A2B38 #688A2B #2B8A7D #4D2B8A

split-complementary

#8A2B38 #2B8A4D #2B688A

monochromatic

#2D0E12 #5B1C25 #8A2B38 #B93A4B #CE6170

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.46

#8A2B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8A2B38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2B38

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2B38	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)

#434038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971730

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 43, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.129 16.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26b6e',
    500: '#8a2b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2b38;
$custom-light: #b26b6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.789,
    "s": 52.486,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4362,
    "c": 0.12857,
    "h": 16.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2B38

secondary

#5DB4A8

accent

#DCC84C

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2B38

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

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