#8A3039#8A3039

#8A3039 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.122 H 17.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3039
RGB	rgb(138, 48, 57)
HSL	hsl(354, 48%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(354, 65%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 58.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.59, 38.99, 15.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.59, 41.84, 21.28°)
OKLab	oklab(44.26% 0.1166 0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(44.26% 0.122 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.2778, 7.8142, 4.7319)
Luminance	0.0781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3039 #308A81

analogous

#8A3066 #8A3039 #8A5430

triadic

#8A3039 #398A30 #30398A

tetradic

#8A3039 #668A30 #308A81 #54308A

square

#8A3039 #668A30 #308A81 #54308A

split-complementary

#8A3039 #308A54 #30668A

monochromatic

#2F1013 #5D2026 #8A3039 #B7404C #CB6973

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.19

#8A3039 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#8A3039 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3039

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3039	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3039	1.00	8.19	2.56	8.19
#FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464339

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971F34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3039;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 48, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.122 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16d6f',
    500: '#8a3039',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3039;
$custom-light: #b16d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3039",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44264,
    "c": 0.12249,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3039

secondary

#64B2AA

accent

#D8CA50

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEC

border

#D0C7C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3039

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

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