#8A2C42#8A2C42

#8A2C42 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.128 H 10.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2C42
RGB	rgb(138, 44, 66)
HSL	hsl(346, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(346, 68%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 52.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.13, 41.57, 8.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.13, 42.48, 11.87°)
OKLab	oklab(43.99% 0.1261 0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(43.99% 0.128 10.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.3663, 7.5996, 5.9689)
Luminance	0.0760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2C42 #2C8A74

analogous

#8A2C71 #8A2C42 #8A452C

triadic

#8A2C42 #428A2C #2C428A

tetradic

#8A2C42 #718A2C #2C8A74 #452C8A

square

#8A2C42 #718A2C #2C8A74 #452C8A

split-complementary

#8A2C42 #2C8A45 #2C718A

monochromatic

#2D0E16 #5C1D2C #8A2C42 #B83B58 #CD637C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.33

#8A2C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8A2C42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2C42

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2C42	1.00	8.33	2.52	8.33
#FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#424242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971C35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 44, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.128 10.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16b76',
    500: '#8a2c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2c42;
$custom-light: #b16b76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.957,
    "s": 51.648,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4399,
    "c": 0.12809,
    "h": 10.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2C42

secondary

#5EB4A0

accent

#DBBA4D

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6ECED

border

#D0C7C8

text

#110708

muted

#807A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2C42

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

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