#8A2C30#8A2C30

#8A2C30 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.128 H 21.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2C30
RGB	rgb(138, 44, 48)
HSL	hsl(357, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(357, 68%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 65.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.74, 40.15, 19.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.74, 44.79, 26.31°)
OKLab	oklab(43.57% 0.1186 0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(43.57% 0.128 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.9166, 7.4197, 3.6004)
Luminance	0.0742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2C30 #2C8A86

analogous

#8A2C5F #8A2C30 #8A572C

triadic

#8A2C30 #308A2C #2C308A

tetradic

#8A2C30 #5F8A2C #2C8A86 #572C8A

square

#8A2C30 #5F8A2C #2C8A86 #572C8A

split-complementary

#8A2C30 #2C8A57 #2C5F8A

monochromatic

#2D0E10 #5C1D20 #8A2C30 #B83B40 #CD6368

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.46

#8A2C30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8A2C30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2C30

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2C30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2C30	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)

#45402F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D542D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98162E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2c30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 44, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.128 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26b68',
    500: '#8a2c30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2c30;
$custom-light: #b26b68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2c30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.447,
    "s": 51.648,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43571,
    "c": 0.12775,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2C30

secondary

#5EB4B0

accent

#DBD54D

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

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