#8A2E44#8A2E44

#8A2E44 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.126 H 9.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2E44
RGB	rgb(138, 46, 68)
HSL	hsl(346, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(346, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 50.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.51, 40.87, 7.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.51, 41.64, 11.03°)
OKLab	oklab(44.29% 0.1241 0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(44.29% 0.126 9.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.5026, 7.7762, 6.3103)
Luminance	0.0777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2E44 #2E8A74

analogous

#8A2E72 #8A2E44 #8A462E

triadic

#8A2E44 #448A2E #2E448A

tetradic

#8A2E44 #728A2E #2E8A74 #462E8A

square

#8A2E44 #728A2E #2E8A74 #462E8A

split-complementary

#8A2E44 #2E8A46 #2E728A

monochromatic

#2E0F17 #5C1F2D #8A2E44 #B83D5B #CC667F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#8A2E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#8A2E44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2E44

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2E44	1.00	8.22	2.55	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434344

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#961F37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 46, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.126 9.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16c77',
    500: '#8a2e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2e44;
$custom-light: #b16c77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.652,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44288,
    "c": 0.12579,
    "h": 9.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2E44

secondary

#61B39F

accent

#DAB84E

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6ECED

border

#D0C7C8

text

#110708

muted

#807A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2E44

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