#8A2D32#8A2D32

#8A2D32 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.126 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2D32
RGB	rgb(138, 45, 50)
HSL	hsl(357, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(357, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 63.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.95, 39.84, 18.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.95, 44.06, 25.30°)
OKLab	oklab(43.73% 0.118 0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(43.73% 0.126 21)
XYZ	xyz(11.9965, 7.5120, 3.8352)
Luminance	0.0751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2D32 #2D8A85

analogous

#8A2D60 #8A2D32 #8A562D

triadic

#8A2D32 #328A2D #2D328A

tetradic

#8A2D32 #608A2D #2D8A85 #562D8A

square

#8A2D32 #608A2D #2D8A85 #562D8A

split-complementary

#8A2D32 #2D8A56 #2D608A

monochromatic

#2E0F11 #5C1E21 #8A2D32 #B83C43 #CD656A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.39

#8A2D32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8A2D32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2D32

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2D32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2D32	1.00	8.39	2.50	8.39
#FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971830

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2d32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 45, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.126 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26b69',
    500: '#8a2d32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2d32;
$custom-light: #b26b69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2d32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.774,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43734,
    "c": 0.12644,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.0751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2D32

secondary

#60B3AF

accent

#DAD34D

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2D32

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

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