#8A3232#8A3232

#8A3232 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.121 H 23.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3232
RGB	rgb(138, 50, 50)
HSL	hsl(0, 47%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(0, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 63.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.81, 37.52, 19.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.81, 42.49, 27.98°)
OKLab	oklab(44.38% 0.1107 0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(44.38% 0.121 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.1987, 7.9164, 3.9026)
Luminance	0.0791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3232 #328A8A

analogous

#8A325E #8A3232 #8A5E32

triadic

#8A3232 #328A32 #32328A

tetradic

#8A3232 #5E8A32 #328A8A #5E328A

square

#8A3232 #5E8A32 #328A8A #5E328A

split-complementary

#8A3232 #328A5E #325E8A

monochromatic

#301111 #5D2222 #8A3232 #B74242 #CA6C6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.13

#8A3232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#8A3232 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3232

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3232	1.00	8.13	2.58	8.13
#FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5630

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#972033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 50, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.121 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26e69',
    500: '#8a3232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3232;
$custom-light: #b26e69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 46.809,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44381,
    "c": 0.1206,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3232

secondary

#66B2B2

accent

#D6D651

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3232

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

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