#8A3038#8A3038

#8A3038 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.123 H 18.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3038
RGB	rgb(138, 48, 56)
HSL	hsl(355, 48%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(355, 65%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 59.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.57, 38.91, 15.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.57, 42.00, 22.10°)
OKLab	oklab(44.24% 0.1162 0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(44.24% 0.123 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.2531, 7.8043, 4.6018)
Luminance	0.0780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3038 #308A82

analogous

#8A3065 #8A3038 #8A5530

triadic

#8A3038 #388A30 #30388A

tetradic

#8A3038 #658A30 #308A82 #55308A

square

#8A3038 #658A30 #308A82 #55308A

split-complementary

#8A3038 #308A55 #30658A

monochromatic

#2F1013 #5D2026 #8A3038 #B7404A #CB6972

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.20

#8A3038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#8A3038 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3038

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3038	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)

#464338

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971F33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 48, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.123 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16d6e',
    500: '#8a3038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3038;
$custom-light: #b16d6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.667,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44242,
    "c": 0.12252,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3038

secondary

#64B2AB

accent

#D8CC50

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3038

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

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