#8A2E31#8A2E31

#8A2E31 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.125 H 22.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2E31
RGB	rgb(138, 46, 49)
HSL	hsl(358, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(358, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 64.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.09, 39.32, 19.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.09, 43.96, 26.56°)
OKLab	oklab(43.84% 0.1162 0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(43.84% 0.125 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.0138, 7.5807, 3.7357)
Luminance	0.0758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2E31 #2E8A87

analogous

#8A2E5F #8A2E31 #8A592E

triadic

#8A2E31 #318A2E #2E318A

tetradic

#8A2E31 #5F8A2E #2E8A87 #592E8A

square

#8A2E31 #5F8A2E #2E8A87 #592E8A

split-complementary

#8A2E31 #2E8A59 #2E5F8A

monochromatic

#2E0F10 #5C1F21 #8A2E31 #B83D41 #CC666A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.35

#8A2E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8A2E31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2E31

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2E31	1.00	8.35	2.52	8.35
#FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D552F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971A30

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 46, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.125 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26c69',
    500: '#8a2e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2e31;
$custom-light: #b26c69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.043,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43839,
    "c": 0.12537,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2E31

secondary

#61B3B0

accent

#DAD54E

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

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