#8A2F42#8A2F42

#8A2F42 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.124 H 11.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2F42
RGB	rgb(138, 47, 66)
HSL	hsl(347, 49%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(347, 66%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.9%, 52.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.63, 40.23, 9.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.63, 41.32, 13.19°)
OKLab	oklab(44.36% 0.1219 0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(44.36% 0.124 11.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.4821, 7.8312, 6.0075)
Luminance	0.0783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2F42 #2F8A77

analogous

#8A2F70 #8A2F42 #8A4A2F

triadic

#8A2F42 #428A2F #2F428A

tetradic

#8A2F42 #708A2F #2F8A77 #4A2F8A

square

#8A2F42 #708A2F #2F8A77 #4A2F8A

split-complementary

#8A2F42 #2F8A4A #2F708A

monochromatic

#2F1016 #5C1F2C #8A2F42 #B83F58 #CC687D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.18

#8A2F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#8A2F42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2F42

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2F42	1.00	8.18	2.57	8.18
#FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444342

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#962036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 47, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.124 11.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16d76',
    500: '#8a2f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2f42;
$custom-light: #b16d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.473,
    "s": 49.189,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44358,
    "c": 0.1242,
    "h": 11.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2F42

secondary

#62B3A2

accent

#D9BC4F

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6ECED

border

#D0C7C8

text

#110708

muted

#807A7B

Preview Lab

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