#8A2E32#8A2E32

#8A2E32 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.125 H 21.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2E32
RGB	rgb(138, 46, 50)
HSL	hsl(357, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(357, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 63.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.11, 39.39, 19.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.11, 43.75, 25.80°)
OKLab	oklab(43.86% 0.1166 0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(43.86% 0.125 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.0351, 7.5892, 3.8481)
Luminance	0.0759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2E32 #2E8A86

analogous

#8A2E60 #8A2E32 #8A582E

triadic

#8A2E32 #328A2E #2E328A

tetradic

#8A2E32 #608A2E #2E8A86 #582E8A

square

#8A2E32 #608A2E #2E8A86 #582E8A

split-complementary

#8A2E32 #2E8A58 #2E608A

monochromatic

#2E0F11 #5C1F21 #8A2E32 #B83D43 #CC666B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#8A2E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8A2E32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2E32

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2E32	1.00	8.34	2.52	8.34
#FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464231

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971A30

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 46, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.125 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26c69',
    500: '#8a2e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2e32;
$custom-light: #b26c69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.391,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43859,
    "c": 0.12528,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2E32

secondary

#61B3AF

accent

#DAD34E

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2E32

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