#8A2E39#8A2E39

#8A2E39 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.125 H 16.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2E39
RGB	rgb(138, 46, 57)
HSL	hsl(353, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(353, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 58.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.25, 39.91, 14.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.25, 42.54, 20.26°)
OKLab	oklab(44.01% 0.1195 0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(44.01% 0.125 16.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.1979, 7.6543, 4.7052)
Luminance	0.0765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2E39 #2E8A7F

analogous

#8A2E67 #8A2E39 #8A512E

triadic

#8A2E39 #398A2E #2E398A

tetradic

#8A2E39 #678A2E #2E8A7F #512E8A

square

#8A2E39 #678A2E #2E8A7F #512E8A

split-complementary

#8A2E39 #2E8A51 #2E678A

monochromatic

#2E0F13 #5C1F26 #8A2E39 #B83D4C #CC6672

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#8A2E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8A2E39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2E39

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2E39	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)

#454239

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971C33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 46, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.125 16.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16c6f',
    500: '#8a2e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2e39;
$custom-light: #b16c6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.826,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44009,
    "c": 0.12495,
    "h": 16.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2E39

secondary

#61B3A9

accent

#DAC94E

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEC

border

#D0C7C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

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