#8A2B40#8A2B40

#8A2B40 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.129 H 11.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2B40
RGB	rgb(138, 43, 64)
HSL	hsl(347, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(347, 69%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 53.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.93, 41.83, 9.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.93, 42.95, 13.12°)
OKLab	oklab(43.82% 0.1267 0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(43.82% 0.129 11.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.2716, 7.5028, 5.6515)
Luminance	0.0750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2B40 #2B8A75

analogous

#8A2B6F #8A2B40 #8A452B

triadic

#8A2B40 #408A2B #2B408A

tetradic

#8A2B40 #6F8A2B #2B8A75 #452B8A

square

#8A2B40 #6F8A2B #2B8A75 #452B8A

split-complementary

#8A2B40 #2B8A45 #2B6F8A

monochromatic

#2D0E15 #5B1C2A #8A2B40 #B93A56 #CE6179

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#8A2B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8A2B40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2B40

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2B40	1.00	8.40	2.50	8.40
#FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#414140

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A553E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971A33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 43, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.129 11.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16b74',
    500: '#8a2b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2b40;
$custom-light: #b16b74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.737,
    "s": 52.486,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43818,
    "c": 0.12908,
    "h": 11.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2B40

secondary

#5DB4A1

accent

#DCBC4C

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6EBED

border

#D0C6C8

text

#120708

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2B40

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

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