#8A2C38#8A2C38

#8A2C38 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.127 H 16.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2C38
RGB	rgb(138, 44, 56)
HSL	hsl(352, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(352, 68%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 59.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.90, 40.72, 14.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.90, 43.37, 20.11°)
OKLab	oklab(43.74% 0.122 0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(43.74% 0.127 16.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.0969, 7.4918, 4.5497)
Luminance	0.0749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2C38 #2C8A7E

analogous

#8A2C67 #8A2C38 #8A4F2C

triadic

#8A2C38 #388A2C #2C388A

tetradic

#8A2C38 #678A2C #2C8A7E #4F2C8A

square

#8A2C38 #678A2C #2C8A7E #4F2C8A

split-complementary

#8A2C38 #2C8A4F #2C678A

monochromatic

#2D0E12 #5C1D25 #8A2C38 #B83B4B #CD6371

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.41

#8A2C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8A2C38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2C38

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2C38	1.00	8.41	2.50	8.41
#FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971831

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 44, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.127 16.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26b6e',
    500: '#8a2c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2c38;
$custom-light: #b26b6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.34,
    "s": 51.648,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4374,
    "c": 0.12738,
    "h": 16.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2C38

secondary

#5EB4A9

accent

#DBC94D

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2C38

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