#8A2D38#8A2D38

#8A2D38 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.126 H 17.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2D38
RGB	rgb(138, 45, 56)
HSL	hsl(353, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(353, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 59.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.06, 40.28, 15.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.06, 43.03, 20.59°)
OKLab	oklab(43.86% 0.1205 0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(43.86% 0.126 17.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.1346, 7.5672, 4.5622)
Luminance	0.0757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2D38 #2D8A7F

analogous

#8A2D66 #8A2D38 #8A502D

triadic

#8A2D38 #388A2D #2D388A

tetradic

#8A2D38 #668A2D #2D8A7F #502D8A

square

#8A2D38 #668A2D #2D8A7F #502D8A

split-complementary

#8A2D38 #2D8A50 #2D668A

monochromatic

#2E0F13 #5C1E25 #8A2D38 #B83C4B #CD6571

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.36

#8A2D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8A2D38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2D38

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2D38	1.00	8.36	2.51	8.36
#FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971A32

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 45, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.126 17.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26c6e',
    500: '#8a2d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2d38;
$custom-light: #b26c6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.903,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43862,
    "c": 0.12617,
    "h": 17.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2D38

secondary

#60B3A9

accent

#DACA4D

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2D38

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