#8A2E35#8A2E35

#8A2E35 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.125 H 19.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2E35
RGB	rgb(138, 46, 53)
HSL	hsl(355, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(355, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 61.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.17, 39.60, 17.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.17, 43.18, 23.47°)
OKLab	oklab(43.92% 0.1179 0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(43.92% 0.125 19.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.1020, 7.6159, 4.2002)
Luminance	0.0761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2E35 #2E8A83

analogous

#8A2E63 #8A2E35 #8A552E

triadic

#8A2E35 #358A2E #2E358A

tetradic

#8A2E35 #638A2E #2E8A83 #552E8A

square

#8A2E35 #638A2E #2E8A83 #552E8A

split-complementary

#8A2E35 #2E8A55 #2E638A

monochromatic

#2E0F12 #5C1F23 #8A2E35 #B83D47 #CC666E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.32

#8A2E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8A2E35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2E35

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2E35	1.00	8.32	2.52	8.32
#FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971B31

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 46, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.125 19.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26c6c',
    500: '#8a2e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2e35;
$custom-light: #b26c6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.435,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43921,
    "c": 0.12506,
    "h": 19.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2E35

secondary

#61B3AD

accent

#DACF4E

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2E35

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