#8A303B#8A303B

#8A303B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.122 H 16.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A303B
RGB	rgb(138, 48, 59)
HSL	hsl(353, 48%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(353, 65%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 57.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.64, 39.16, 13.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.64, 41.57, 19.62°)
OKLab	oklab(44.31% 0.1175 0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(44.31% 0.122 16.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.3287, 7.8345, 4.9998)
Luminance	0.0783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A303B #308A7F

analogous

#8A3068 #8A303B #8A5230

triadic

#8A303B #3B8A30 #303B8A

tetradic

#8A303B #688A30 #308A7F #52308A

square

#8A303B #688A30 #308A7F #52308A

split-complementary

#8A303B #308A52 #30688A

monochromatic

#2F1014 #5D2028 #8A303B #B7404E #CB6975

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.18

#8A303B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#8A303B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A303B

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A303B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A303B	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)

#46433B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971F34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a303b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 48, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.122 16.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16d70',
    500: '#8a303b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a303b;
$custom-light: #b16d70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a303b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.667,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4431,
    "c": 0.12247,
    "h": 16.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A303B

secondary

#64B2A9

accent

#D8C750

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEC

border

#D0C7C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A303B

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

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