#8A2F38#8A2F38

#8A2F38 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.124 H 18.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2F38
RGB	rgb(138, 47, 56)
HSL	hsl(354, 49%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(354, 66%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.9%, 59.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.40, 39.37, 15.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.40, 42.34, 21.58°)
OKLab	oklab(44.11% 0.1177 0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(44.11% 0.124 18)
XYZ	xyz(12.2127, 7.7234, 4.5883)
Luminance	0.0772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2F38 #2F8A81

analogous

#8A2F66 #8A2F38 #8A542F

triadic

#8A2F38 #388A2F #2F388A

tetradic

#8A2F38 #668A2F #2F8A81 #542F8A

square

#8A2F38 #668A2F #2F8A81 #542F8A

split-complementary

#8A2F38 #2F8A54 #2F668A

monochromatic

#2F1013 #5C1F25 #8A2F38 #B83F4B #CC6872

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.25

#8A2F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#8A2F38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2F38

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2F38	1.00	8.25	2.54	8.25
#FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464338

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971D33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 47, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.124 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26d6e',
    500: '#8a2f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2f38;
$custom-light: #b26d6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.066,
    "s": 49.189,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44113,
    "c": 0.12374,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.07722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2F38

secondary

#62B3AB

accent

#D9CB4F

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

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