#8A3237#8A3237

#8A3237 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.120 H 20.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3237
RGB	rgb(138, 50, 55)
HSL	hsl(357, 47%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(357, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.90, 37.89, 16.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.90, 41.48, 24.01°)
OKLab	oklab(44.48% 0.1128 0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(44.48% 0.12 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.3125, 7.9619, 4.5021)
Luminance	0.0796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3237 #328A85

analogous

#8A3263 #8A3237 #8A5932

triadic

#8A3237 #378A32 #32378A

tetradic

#8A3237 #638A32 #328A85 #59328A

square

#8A3237 #638A32 #328A85 #59328A

split-complementary

#8A3237 #328A59 #32638A

monochromatic

#301113 #5D2225 #8A3237 #B74249 #CA6C72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.10

#8A3237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#8A3237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3237

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3237	1.00	8.10	2.59	8.10
#FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#972134

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 50, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.120 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16e6d',
    500: '#8a3237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3237;
$custom-light: #b16e6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.591,
    "s": 46.809,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44484,
    "c": 0.12011,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3237

secondary

#66B2AD

accent

#D6CF51

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3237

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

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