#8A3230#8A3230

#8A3230 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.121 H 24.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3230
RGB	rgb(138, 50, 48)
HSL	hsl(1, 48%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(1, 65%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 65.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.77, 37.38, 21.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.77, 42.95, 29.50°)
OKLab	oklab(44.34% 0.1099 0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(44.34% 0.121 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.1565, 7.8995, 3.6803)
Luminance	0.0790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3230 #30888A

analogous

#8A305B #8A3230 #8A5F30

triadic

#8A3230 #308A32 #32308A

tetradic

#8A3230 #5B8A30 #30888A #5F308A

square

#8A3230 #5B8A30 #30888A #5F308A

split-complementary

#8A3230 #308A5F #305B8A

monochromatic

#2F1110 #5D2220 #8A3230 #B74240 #CB6C69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.14

#8A3230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#8A3230 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3230

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3230	1.00	8.14	2.58	8.14
#FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49442F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F562E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#972032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 50, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.121 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26e68',
    500: '#8a3230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3230;
$custom-light: #b26e68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.333,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44343,
    "c": 0.12087,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3230

secondary

#64B0B2

accent

#D5D850

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3230

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

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