#8A2C34#8A2C34

#8A2C34 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.127 H 19.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2C34
RGB	rgb(138, 44, 52)
HSL	hsl(355, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(355, 68%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 62.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.82, 40.42, 17.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.82, 44.00, 23.27°)
OKLab	oklab(43.65% 0.1203 0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(43.65% 0.127 19.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.0029, 7.4542, 4.0549)
Luminance	0.0745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2C34 #2C8A82

analogous

#8A2C63 #8A2C34 #8A532C

triadic

#8A2C34 #348A2C #2C348A

tetradic

#8A2C34 #638A2C #2C8A82 #532C8A

square

#8A2C34 #638A2C #2C8A82 #532C8A

split-complementary

#8A2C34 #2C8A53 #2C638A

monochromatic

#2D0E11 #5C1D23 #8A2C34 #B83B45 #CD636C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.43

#8A2C34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8A2C34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2C34

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2C34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2C34	1.00	8.43	2.49	8.43
#FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971730

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2c34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 44, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.127 19.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26b6b',
    500: '#8a2c34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2c34;
$custom-light: #b26b6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2c34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.894,
    "s": 51.648,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43652,
    "c": 0.12747,
    "h": 19.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2C34

secondary

#5EB4AC

accent

#DBCF4D

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2C34

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

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