#8A3142#8A3142

#8A3142 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.122 H 12.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3142
RGB	rgb(138, 49, 66)
HSL	hsl(349, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(349, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 52.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.97, 39.30, 9.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.97, 40.53, 14.14°)
OKLab	oklab(44.62% 0.1189 0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(44.62% 0.122 12)
XYZ	xyz(12.5639, 7.9948, 6.0347)
Luminance	0.0799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3142 #318A79

analogous

#8A316F #8A3142 #8A4D31

triadic

#8A3142 #428A31 #31428A

tetradic

#8A3142 #6F8A31 #318A79 #4D318A

square

#8A3142 #6F8A31 #318A79 #4D318A

split-complementary

#8A3142 #318A4D #316F8A

monochromatic

#301117 #5D212C #8A3142 #B74158 #CA6B7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.08

#8A3142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#8A3142 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3142

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3142	1.00	8.08	2.60	8.08
#FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#962338

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 49, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.122 12.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16e76',
    500: '#8a3142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3142;
$custom-light: #b16e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.539,
    "s": 47.594,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44615,
    "c": 0.12156,
    "h": 12
  },
  "luminance": 0.07993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3142

secondary

#65B2A3

accent

#D7BD51

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6ECED

border

#D0C7C8

text

#110708

muted

#807A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3142

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

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