#8A3136#8A3136

#8A3136 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.121 H 20.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3136
RGB	rgb(138, 49, 54)
HSL	hsl(357, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(357, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 60.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.71, 38.29, 17.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.71, 42.00, 24.27°)
OKLab	oklab(44.33% 0.1139 0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(44.33% 0.121 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.2465, 7.8679, 4.3631)
Luminance	0.0787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3136 #318A85

analogous

#8A3163 #8A3136 #8A5931

triadic

#8A3136 #368A31 #31368A

tetradic

#8A3136 #638A31 #318A85 #59318A

square

#8A3136 #638A31 #318A85 #59318A

split-complementary

#8A3136 #318A59 #31638A

monochromatic

#301113 #5D2124 #8A3136 #B74148 #CA6B70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#8A3136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#8A3136 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3136

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3136	1.00	8.16	2.57	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#972033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 49, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.121 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26e6d',
    500: '#8a3136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3136;
$custom-light: #b26e6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.629,
    "s": 47.594,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44329,
    "c": 0.1214,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3136

secondary

#65B2AE

accent

#D7D051

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3136

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

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