#8A2E45#8A2E45

#8A2E45 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.126 H 8.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2E45
RGB	rgb(138, 46, 69)
HSL	hsl(345, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(345, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 50%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.54, 40.97, 7.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.54, 41.62, 10.18°)
OKLab	oklab(44.32% 0.1245 0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(44.32% 0.126 8.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.5334, 7.7885, 6.4724)
Luminance	0.0779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2E45 #2E8A73

analogous

#8A2E73 #8A2E45 #8A452E

triadic

#8A2E45 #458A2E #2E458A

tetradic

#8A2E45 #738A2E #2E8A73 #452E8A

square

#8A2E45 #738A2E #2E8A73 #452E8A

split-complementary

#8A2E45 #2E8A45 #2E738A

monochromatic

#2E0F17 #5C1F2E #8A2E45 #B83D5C #CC6680

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.21

#8A2E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#8A2E45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2E45

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2E45	1.00	8.21	2.56	8.21
#FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#424345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#962037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 46, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.126 8.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16c78',
    500: '#8a2e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2e45;
$custom-light: #b16c78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44316,
    "c": 0.12596,
    "h": 8.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2E45

secondary

#61B39E

accent

#DAB74E

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6ECED

border

#D0C7C8

text

#110709

muted

#807A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2E45

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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