#8A2C43#8A2C43

#8A2C43 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.128 H 9.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2C43
RGB	rgb(138, 44, 67)
HSL	hsl(345, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(345, 68%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 51.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.16, 41.66, 8.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.16, 42.45, 11.03°)
OKLab	oklab(44.02% 0.1265 0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(44.02% 0.128 9.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.3961, 7.6115, 6.1255)
Luminance	0.0761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2C43 #2C8A73

analogous

#8A2C72 #8A2C43 #8A442C

triadic

#8A2C43 #438A2C #2C438A

tetradic

#8A2C43 #728A2C #2C8A73 #442C8A

square

#8A2C43 #728A2C #2C8A73 #442C8A

split-complementary

#8A2C43 #2C8A44 #2C728A

monochromatic

#2D0E16 #5C1D2C #8A2C43 #B83B5A #CD637D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.33

#8A2C43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8A2C43 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2C43

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2C43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2C43	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)

#424243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#961C35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2c43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 44, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.128 9.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16b76',
    500: '#8a2c43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2c43;
$custom-light: #b16b76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2c43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.319,
    "s": 51.648,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44017,
    "c": 0.12823,
    "h": 9.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2C43

secondary

#5EB49F

accent

#DBB84D

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6ECED

border

#D0C7C8

text

#110708

muted

#807A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2C43

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

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