#8A2C39#8A2C39

#8A2C39 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.127 H 16.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2C39
RGB	rgb(138, 44, 57)
HSL	hsl(352, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(352, 68%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 58.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.92, 40.80, 14.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.92, 43.23, 19.30°)
OKLab	oklab(43.76% 0.1224 0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(43.76% 0.127 16.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.1216, 7.5017, 4.6798)
Luminance	0.0750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2C39 #2C8A7D

analogous

#8A2C68 #8A2C39 #8A4E2C

triadic

#8A2C39 #398A2C #2C398A

tetradic

#8A2C39 #688A2C #2C8A7D #4E2C8A

square

#8A2C39 #688A2C #2C8A7D #4E2C8A

split-complementary

#8A2C39 #2C8A4E #2C688A

monochromatic

#2D0E13 #5C1D26 #8A2C39 #B83B4C #CD6372

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#8A2C39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8A2C39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2C39

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2C39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2C39	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)

#434139

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971931

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2c39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 44, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.127 16.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26b6f',
    500: '#8a2c39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2c39;
$custom-light: #b26b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2c39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.702,
    "s": 51.648,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43763,
    "c": 0.12739,
    "h": 16.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2C39

secondary

#5EB4A8

accent

#DBC74D

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

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