#8A2F37#8A2F37

#8A2F37 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.124 H 18.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2F37
RGB	rgb(138, 47, 55)
HSL	hsl(355, 49%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(355, 66%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.9%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.38, 39.30, 16.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.38, 42.50, 22.39°)
OKLab	oklab(44.09% 0.1172 0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(44.09% 0.124 18.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.1885, 7.7138, 4.4608)
Luminance	0.0771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2F37 #2F8A82

analogous

#8A2F65 #8A2F37 #8A552F

triadic

#8A2F37 #378A2F #2F378A

tetradic

#8A2F37 #658A2F #2F8A82 #552F8A

square

#8A2F37 #658A2F #2F8A82 #552F8A

split-complementary

#8A2F37 #2F8A55 #2F658A

monochromatic

#2F1013 #5C1F25 #8A2F37 #B83F49 #CC6871

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.26

#8A2F37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#8A2F37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2F37

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2F37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2F37	1.00	8.26	2.54	8.26
#FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971D32

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2f37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 47, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.124 18.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26d6d',
    500: '#8a2f37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2f37;
$custom-light: #b26d6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2f37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.725,
    "s": 49.189,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44091,
    "c": 0.12377,
    "h": 18.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2F37

secondary

#62B3AB

accent

#D9CD4F

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2F37

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