#8A3031#8A3031

#8A3031 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.123 H 23.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3031
RGB	rgb(138, 48, 49)
HSL	hsl(359, 48%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(359, 65%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 64.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.44, 38.39, 20.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.44, 43.33, 27.62°)
OKLab	oklab(44.1% 0.1133 0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(44.1% 0.123 23)
XYZ	xyz(12.0937, 7.7406, 3.7624)
Luminance	0.0774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3031 #308A89

analogous

#8A305E #8A3031 #8A5C30

triadic

#8A3031 #318A30 #30318A

tetradic

#8A3031 #5E8A30 #308A89 #5C308A

square

#8A3031 #5E8A30 #308A89 #5C308A

split-complementary

#8A3031 #308A5C #305E8A

monochromatic

#2F1011 #5D2021 #8A3031 #B74041 #CB696B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.24

#8A3031 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#8A3031 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3031

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3031	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3031	1.00	8.24	2.55	8.24
#FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E562F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971D31

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3031;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 48, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.123 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26d69',
    500: '#8a3031',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3031;
$custom-light: #b26d69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3031",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.333,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44096,
    "c": 0.12305,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.07739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3031

secondary

#64B2B1

accent

#D8D650

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3031

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

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