#8A3036#8A3036

#8A3036 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.123 H 19.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3036
RGB	rgb(138, 48, 54)
HSL	hsl(356, 48%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(356, 65%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 60.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.53, 38.76, 17.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.53, 42.33, 23.72°)
OKLab	oklab(44.2% 0.1154 0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(44.2% 0.123 19.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.2052, 7.7851, 4.3493)
Luminance	0.0778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3036 #308A84

analogous

#8A3063 #8A3036 #8A5730

triadic

#8A3036 #368A30 #30368A

tetradic

#8A3036 #638A30 #308A84 #57308A

square

#8A3036 #638A30 #308A84 #57308A

split-complementary

#8A3036 #308A57 #30638A

monochromatic

#2F1012 #5D2024 #8A3036 #B74048 #CB6970

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.21

#8A3036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#8A3036 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3036

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3036	1.00	8.21	2.56	8.21
#FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971E33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 48, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.123 19.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26d6d',
    500: '#8a3036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3036;
$custom-light: #b26d6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44198,
    "c": 0.12261,
    "h": 19.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3036

secondary

#64B2AD

accent

#D8CF50

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3036

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

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