#8A2C36#8A2C36

#8A2C36 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.127 H 18.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2C36
RGB	rgb(138, 44, 54)
HSL	hsl(354, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(354, 68%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 60.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.86, 40.57, 16.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.86, 43.67, 21.70°)
OKLab	oklab(43.7% 0.1211 0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(43.7% 0.127 18.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.0489, 7.4726, 4.2972)
Luminance	0.0747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2C36 #2C8A80

analogous

#8A2C65 #8A2C36 #8A512C

triadic

#8A2C36 #368A2C #2C368A

tetradic

#8A2C36 #658A2C #2C8A80 #512C8A

square

#8A2C36 #658A2C #2C8A80 #512C8A

split-complementary

#8A2C36 #2C8A51 #2C658A

monochromatic

#2D0E12 #5C1D24 #8A2C36 #B83B48 #CD636E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.42

#8A2C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8A2C36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2C36

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2C36	1.00	8.42	2.49	8.42
#FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971830

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 44, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.127 18.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26b6c',
    500: '#8a2c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2c36;
$custom-light: #b26b6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.617,
    "s": 51.648,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43695,
    "c": 0.1274,
    "h": 18.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2C36

secondary

#5EB4AB

accent

#DBCC4D

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2C36

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

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