#8A2E38#8A2E38

#8A2E38 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.125 H 17.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2E38
RGB	rgb(138, 46, 56)
HSL	hsl(353, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(353, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 59.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.23, 39.83, 15.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.23, 42.69, 21.08°)
OKLab	oklab(43.99% 0.1191 0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(43.99% 0.125 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.1732, 7.6444, 4.5751)
Luminance	0.0764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2E38 #2E8A80

analogous

#8A2E66 #8A2E38 #8A522E

triadic

#8A2E38 #388A2E #2E388A

tetradic

#8A2E38 #668A2E #2E8A80 #522E8A

square

#8A2E38 #668A2E #2E8A80 #522E8A

split-complementary

#8A2E38 #2E8A52 #2E668A

monochromatic

#2E0F13 #5C1F25 #8A2E38 #B83D4B #CC6671

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#8A2E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8A2E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2E38

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2E38	1.00	8.30	2.53	8.30
#FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971C32

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 46, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.125 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26c6e',
    500: '#8a2e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2e38;
$custom-light: #b26c6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.478,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43987,
    "c": 0.12496,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2E38

secondary

#61B3AA

accent

#DACA4E

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2E38

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