#8A2F40#8A2F40

#8A2F40 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.124 H 12.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2F40
RGB	rgb(138, 47, 64)
HSL	hsl(349, 49%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(349, 66%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.9%, 53.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.58, 40.05, 10.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.58, 41.44, 14.90°)
OKLab	oklab(44.31% 0.121 0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(44.31% 0.124 12.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.4242, 7.8081, 5.7023)
Luminance	0.0781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2F40 #2F8A79

analogous

#8A2F6E #8A2F40 #8A4C2F

triadic

#8A2F40 #408A2F #2F408A

tetradic

#8A2F40 #6E8A2F #2F8A79 #4C2F8A

square

#8A2F40 #6E8A2F #2F8A79 #4C2F8A

split-complementary

#8A2F40 #2F8A4C #2F6E8A

monochromatic

#2F1016 #5C1F2B #8A2F40 #B83F55 #CC687A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.20

#8A2F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#8A2F40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2F40

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2F40	1.00	8.20	2.56	8.20
#FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C563E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#972036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 47, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.124 12.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16d74',
    500: '#8a2f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2f40;
$custom-light: #b16d74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.791,
    "s": 49.189,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44306,
    "c": 0.12399,
    "h": 12.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2F40

secondary

#62B3A4

accent

#D9BF4F

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6ECED

border

#D0C7C8

text

#110708

muted

#807A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2F40

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