#8A3235#8A3235

#8A3235 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.120 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3235
RGB	rgb(138, 50, 53)
HSL	hsl(358, 47%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(358, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 61.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.86, 37.74, 18.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.86, 41.86, 25.63°)
OKLab	oklab(44.44% 0.112 0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(44.44% 0.12 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.2656, 7.9431, 4.2548)
Luminance	0.0794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3235 #328A87

analogous

#8A3261 #8A3235 #8A5B32

triadic

#8A3235 #358A32 #32358A

tetradic

#8A3235 #618A32 #328A87 #5B328A

square

#8A3235 #618A32 #328A87 #5B328A

split-complementary

#8A3235 #328A5B #32618A

monochromatic

#301112 #5D2224 #8A3235 #B74246 #CA6C70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.11

#8A3235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#8A3235 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3235

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3235	1.00	8.11	2.59	8.11
#FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484434

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#972134

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 50, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.120 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26e6c',
    500: '#8a3235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3235;
$custom-light: #b26e6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.955,
    "s": 46.809,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44441,
    "c": 0.12027,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3235

secondary

#66B2AF

accent

#D6D251

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3235

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

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