#8A2E36#8A2E36

#8A2E36 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.125 H 18.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2E36
RGB	rgb(138, 46, 54)
HSL	hsl(355, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(355, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 60.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.19, 39.68, 16.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.19, 43.00, 22.68°)
OKLab	oklab(43.94% 0.1183 0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(43.94% 0.125 18.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.1252, 7.6252, 4.3226)
Luminance	0.0762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2E36 #2E8A82

analogous

#8A2E64 #8A2E36 #8A542E

triadic

#8A2E36 #368A2E #2E368A

tetradic

#8A2E36 #648A2E #2E8A82 #542E8A

square

#8A2E36 #648A2E #2E8A82 #542E8A

split-complementary

#8A2E36 #2E8A54 #2E648A

monochromatic

#2E0F12 #5C1F24 #8A2E36 #B83D48 #CC666F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.32

#8A2E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8A2E36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2E36

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2E36	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)

#454236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971B32

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 46, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.125 18.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26c6c',
    500: '#8a2e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2e36;
$custom-light: #b26c6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.783,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43942,
    "c": 0.12502,
    "h": 18.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2E36

secondary

#61B3AC

accent

#DACD4E

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2E36

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