#8A2B39#8A2B39

#8A2B39 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.129 H 15.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2B39
RGB	rgb(138, 43, 57)
HSL	hsl(351, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(351, 69%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 58.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.76, 41.24, 14.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.76, 43.58, 18.85°)
OKLab	oklab(43.64% 0.1238 0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(43.64% 0.129 15.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.0847, 7.4281, 4.6675)
Luminance	0.0743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2B39 #2B8A7C

analogous

#8A2B68 #8A2B39 #8A4C2B

triadic

#8A2B39 #398A2B #2B398A

tetradic

#8A2B39 #688A2B #2B8A7C #4C2B8A

square

#8A2B39 #688A2B #2B8A7C #4C2B8A

split-complementary

#8A2B39 #2B8A4C #2B688A

monochromatic

#2D0E12 #5B1C26 #8A2B39 #B93A4C #CE6171

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.45

#8A2B39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8A2B39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2B39

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2B39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2B39	1.00	8.45	2.49	8.45
#FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434139

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971731

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2b39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 43, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.129 15.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26b6f',
    500: '#8a2b39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2b39;
$custom-light: #b26b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2b39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.158,
    "s": 52.486,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43643,
    "c": 0.12858,
    "h": 15.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2B39

secondary

#5DB4A7

accent

#DCC74C

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2B39

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

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