#8A2D36#8A2D36

#8A2D36 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.126 H 18.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2D36
RGB	rgb(138, 45, 54)
HSL	hsl(354, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(354, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 60.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.02, 40.13, 16.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.02, 43.34, 22.18°)
OKLab	oklab(43.82% 0.1197 0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(43.82% 0.126 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.0866, 7.5480, 4.3098)
Luminance	0.0755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2D36 #2D8A81

analogous

#8A2D64 #8A2D36 #8A522D

triadic

#8A2D36 #368A2D #2D368A

tetradic

#8A2D36 #648A2D #2D8A81 #522D8A

square

#8A2D36 #648A2D #2D8A81 #522D8A

split-complementary

#8A2D36 #2D8A52 #2D648A

monochromatic

#2E0F12 #5C1E24 #8A2D36 #B83C48 #CD656F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.37

#8A2D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8A2D36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2D36

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2D36	1.00	8.37	2.51	8.37
#FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971931

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 45, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.126 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26c6c',
    500: '#8a2d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2d36;
$custom-light: #b26c6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.194,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43818,
    "c": 0.12621,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2D36

secondary

#60B3AB

accent

#DACD4D

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2D36

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

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