#8A3138#8A3138

#8A3138 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.121 H 18.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3138
RGB	rgb(138, 49, 56)
HSL	hsl(355, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(355, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 59.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.75, 38.44, 16.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.75, 41.65, 22.64°)
OKLab	oklab(44.37% 0.1147 0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(44.37% 0.121 18.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.2945, 7.8870, 4.6155)
Luminance	0.0789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3138 #318A83

analogous

#8A3165 #8A3138 #8A5731

triadic

#8A3138 #388A31 #31388A

tetradic

#8A3138 #658A31 #318A83 #57318A

square

#8A3138 #658A31 #318A83 #57318A

split-complementary

#8A3138 #318A57 #31658A

monochromatic

#301113 #5D2126 #8A3138 #B7414A #CA6B72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#8A3138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#8A3138 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3138

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3138	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474438

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#972034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 49, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.121 18.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16e6e',
    500: '#8a3138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3138;
$custom-light: #b16e6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.281,
    "s": 47.594,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44372,
    "c": 0.12128,
    "h": 18.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3138

secondary

#65B2AC

accent

#D7CD51

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3138

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

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