#8A2E37#8A2E37

#8A2E37 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.125 H 18.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2E37
RGB	rgb(138, 46, 55)
HSL	hsl(354, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(354, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.21, 39.75, 15.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.21, 42.84, 21.88°)
OKLab	oklab(43.96% 0.1187 0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(43.96% 0.125 18.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.1489, 7.6347, 4.4476)
Luminance	0.0763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2E37 #2E8A81

analogous

#8A2E65 #8A2E37 #8A532E

triadic

#8A2E37 #378A2E #2E378A

tetradic

#8A2E37 #658A2E #2E8A81 #532E8A

square

#8A2E37 #658A2E #2E8A81 #532E8A

split-complementary

#8A2E37 #2E8A53 #2E658A

monochromatic

#2E0F12 #5C1F25 #8A2E37 #B83D49 #CC6670

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.31

#8A2E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8A2E37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2E37

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2E37	1.00	8.31	2.53	8.31
#FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971B32

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 46, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.125 18.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26c6d',
    500: '#8a2e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2e37;
$custom-light: #b26c6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.13,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43964,
    "c": 0.12498,
    "h": 18.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2E37

secondary

#61B3AB

accent

#DACC4E

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2E37

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