#8A3231#8A3231

#8A3231 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.121 H 24.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3231
RGB	rgb(138, 50, 49)
HSL	hsl(1, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(1, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 64.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.79, 37.45, 20.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.79, 42.71, 28.75°)
OKLab	oklab(44.36% 0.1103 0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(44.36% 0.121 24)
XYZ	xyz(12.1774, 7.9079, 3.7903)
Luminance	0.0791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3231 #31898A

analogous

#8A315D #8A3231 #8A5F31

triadic

#8A3231 #318A32 #32318A

tetradic

#8A3231 #5D8A31 #31898A #5F318A

square

#8A3231 #5D8A31 #31898A #5F318A

split-complementary

#8A3231 #318A5F #315D8A

monochromatic

#301111 #5D2221 #8A3231 #B74241 #CA6C6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.14

#8A3231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#8A3231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3231

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3231	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)

#494430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F562F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#972033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 50, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.121 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26e69',
    500: '#8a3231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3231;
$custom-light: #b26e69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.674,
    "s": 47.594,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44362,
    "c": 0.12073,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.07906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3231

secondary

#65B1B2

accent

#D6D751

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3231

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

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