#8A2D31#8A2D31

#8A2D31 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.127 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2D31
RGB	rgb(138, 45, 49)
HSL	hsl(357, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(357, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 64.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.93, 39.77, 19.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.93, 44.27, 26.05°)
OKLab	oklab(43.71% 0.1176 0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(43.71% 0.127 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.9752, 7.5034, 3.7229)
Luminance	0.0750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2D31 #2D8A86

analogous

#8A2D5F #8A2D31 #8A572D

triadic

#8A2D31 #318A2D #2D318A

tetradic

#8A2D31 #5F8A2D #2D8A86 #572D8A

square

#8A2D31 #5F8A2D #2D8A86 #572D8A

split-complementary

#8A2D31 #2D8A57 #2D5F8A

monochromatic

#2E0F10 #5C1E21 #8A2D31 #B83C41 #CD6569

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#8A2D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8A2D31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2D31

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2D31	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)

#454130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D552F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97182F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 45, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.127 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26b69',
    500: '#8a2d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2d31;
$custom-light: #b26b69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.419,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43714,
    "c": 0.12652,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2D31

secondary

#60B3B0

accent

#DAD44D

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

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