#8A3131#8A3131

#8A3131 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.122 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3131
RGB	rgb(138, 49, 49)
HSL	hsl(0, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(0, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 64.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.61, 37.93, 20.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.61, 43.02, 28.18°)
OKLab	oklab(44.23% 0.1118 0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(44.23% 0.122 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.1351, 7.8233, 3.7762)
Luminance	0.0782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3131 #318A8A

analogous

#8A315E #8A3131 #8A5E31

triadic

#8A3131 #318A31 #31318A

tetradic

#8A3131 #5E8A31 #318A8A #5E318A

square

#8A3131 #5E8A31 #318A8A #5E318A

split-complementary

#8A3131 #318A5E #315E8A

monochromatic

#301111 #5D2121 #8A3131 #B74141 #CA6B6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.19

#8A3131 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#8A3131 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3131

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3131	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3131	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)

#484330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E562F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971E32

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3131;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 49, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.122 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26e69',
    500: '#8a3131',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3131;
$custom-light: #b26e69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3131",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 47.594,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44228,
    "c": 0.1219,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3131

secondary

#65B2B2

accent

#D7D751

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3131

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

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