#8A2D39#8A2D39

#8A2D39 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.126 H 16.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2D39
RGB	rgb(138, 45, 57)
HSL	hsl(352, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(352, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 58.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.09, 40.36, 14.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.09, 42.89, 19.78°)
OKLab	oklab(43.89% 0.121 0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(43.89% 0.126 16.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.1593, 7.5771, 4.6923)
Luminance	0.0757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2D39 #2D8A7E

analogous

#8A2D67 #8A2D39 #8A4F2D

triadic

#8A2D39 #398A2D #2D398A

tetradic

#8A2D39 #678A2D #2D8A7E #4F2D8A

square

#8A2D39 #678A2D #2D8A7E #4F2D8A

split-complementary

#8A2D39 #2D8A4F #2D678A

monochromatic

#2E0F13 #5C1E26 #8A2D39 #B83C4C #CD6572

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.35

#8A2D39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8A2D39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2D39

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2D39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2D39	1.00	8.35	2.51	8.35
#FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444239

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971A32

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2d39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 45, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.126 16.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26c6f',
    500: '#8a2d39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2d39;
$custom-light: #b26c6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2d39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.258,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43885,
    "c": 0.12617,
    "h": 16.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2D39

secondary

#60B3A8

accent

#DAC84D

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEC

border

#D0C7C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2D39

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

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