#8A2D35#8A2D35

#8A2D35 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.126 H 19.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2D35
RGB	rgb(138, 45, 53)
HSL	hsl(355, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(355, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 61.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.00, 40.05, 16.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.00, 43.50, 22.97°)
OKLab	oklab(43.8% 0.1193 0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(43.8% 0.126 19.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.0634, 7.5387, 4.1874)
Luminance	0.0754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2D35 #2D8A82

analogous

#8A2D63 #8A2D35 #8A532D

triadic

#8A2D35 #358A2D #2D358A

tetradic

#8A2D35 #638A2D #2D8A82 #532D8A

square

#8A2D35 #638A2D #2D8A82 #532D8A

split-complementary

#8A2D35 #2D8A53 #2D638A

monochromatic

#2E0F12 #5C1E23 #8A2D35 #B83C47 #CD656E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#8A2D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8A2D35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2D35

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2D35	1.00	8.38	2.51	8.38
#FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454135

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971931

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 45, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.126 19.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26b6c',
    500: '#8a2d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2d35;
$custom-light: #b26b6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.839,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43796,
    "c": 0.12624,
    "h": 19.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2D35

secondary

#60B3AC

accent

#DACE4D

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2D35

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

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