#8A3233#8A3233

#8A3233 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.120 H 22.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3233
RGB	rgb(138, 50, 51)
HSL	hsl(359, 47%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(359, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 63%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.83, 37.59, 19.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.83, 42.27, 27.21°)
OKLab	oklab(44.4% 0.1111 0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(44.4% 0.12 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.2205, 7.9251, 4.0175)
Luminance	0.0792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3233 #328A89

analogous

#8A325F #8A3233 #8A5D32

triadic

#8A3233 #338A32 #32338A

tetradic

#8A3233 #5F8A32 #328A89 #5D328A

square

#8A3233 #5F8A32 #328A89 #5D328A

split-complementary

#8A3233 #328A5D #325F8A

monochromatic

#301112 #5D2222 #8A3233 #B74244 #CA6C6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.13

#8A3233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#8A3233 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3233

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3233	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)

#484432

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5731

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#972033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 50, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.120 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26e6a',
    500: '#8a3233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3233;
$custom-light: #b26e6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.318,
    "s": 46.809,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44401,
    "c": 0.12047,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3233

secondary

#66B2B1

accent

#D6D551

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3233

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

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