#8A2C40#8A2C40

#8A2C40 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.128 H 11.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2C40
RGB	rgb(138, 44, 64)
HSL	hsl(347, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(347, 68%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 53.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.08, 41.39, 9.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.08, 42.58, 13.54°)
OKLab	oklab(43.94% 0.1253 0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(43.94% 0.128 11.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.3084, 7.5764, 5.6637)
Luminance	0.0757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2C40 #2C8A76

analogous

#8A2C6F #8A2C40 #8A472C

triadic

#8A2C40 #408A2C #2C408A

tetradic

#8A2C40 #6F8A2C #2C8A76 #472C8A

square

#8A2C40 #6F8A2C #2C8A76 #472C8A

split-complementary

#8A2C40 #2C8A47 #2C6F8A

monochromatic

#2D0E15 #5C1D2A #8A2C40 #B83B56 #CD637A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.35

#8A2C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8A2C40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2C40

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2C40	1.00	8.35	2.51	8.35
#FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#424240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A553E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971B34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 44, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.128 11.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16b74',
    500: '#8a2c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2c40;
$custom-light: #b16b74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.234,
    "s": 51.648,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43937,
    "c": 0.12782,
    "h": 11.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2C40

secondary

#5EB4A1

accent

#DBBD4D

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6ECED

border

#D0C7C8

text

#120708

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

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