#8A2E40#8A2E40

#8A2E40 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.125 H 12.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2E40
RGB	rgb(138, 46, 64)
HSL	hsl(348, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(348, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 53.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.41, 40.50, 10.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.41, 41.82, 14.43°)
OKLab	oklab(44.18% 0.1225 0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(44.18% 0.125 12.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.3847, 7.7290, 5.6892)
Luminance	0.0773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2E40 #2E8A78

analogous

#8A2E6E #8A2E40 #8A4A2E

triadic

#8A2E40 #408A2E #2E408A

tetradic

#8A2E40 #6E8A2E #2E8A78 #4A2E8A

square

#8A2E40 #6E8A2E #2E8A78 #4A2E8A

split-complementary

#8A2E40 #2E8A4A #2E6E8A

monochromatic

#2E0F15 #5C1F2B #8A2E40 #B83D55 #CC667A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.25

#8A2E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#8A2E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2E40

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2E40	1.00	8.25	2.55	8.25
#FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B563E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971E35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 46, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.125 12.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16c74',
    500: '#8a2e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2e40;
$custom-light: #b16c74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.261,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44181,
    "c": 0.12528,
    "h": 12.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2E40

secondary

#61B3A3

accent

#DABE4E

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6ECED

border

#D0C7C8

text

#110708

muted

#807A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2E40

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