#8A3234#8A3234

#8A3234 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.120 H 22.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3234
RGB	rgb(138, 50, 52)
HSL	hsl(359, 47%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(359, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 62.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.85, 37.66, 18.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.85, 42.06, 26.42°)
OKLab	oklab(44.42% 0.1115 0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(44.42% 0.12 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.2428, 7.9340, 4.1349)
Luminance	0.0793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3234 #328A88

analogous

#8A3260 #8A3234 #8A5C32

triadic

#8A3234 #348A32 #32348A

tetradic

#8A3234 #608A32 #328A88 #5C328A

square

#8A3234 #608A32 #328A88 #5C328A

split-complementary

#8A3234 #328A5C #32608A

monochromatic

#301112 #5D2223 #8A3234 #B74245 #CA6C6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.12

#8A3234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#8A3234 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3234

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3234	1.00	8.12	2.59	8.12
#FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5732

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#972133

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 50, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.120 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26e6b',
    500: '#8a3234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3234;
$custom-light: #b26e6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.636,
    "s": 46.809,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44421,
    "c": 0.12036,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3234

secondary

#66B2B0

accent

#D6D351

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3234

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

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