#8A3238#8A3238

#8A3238 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.120 H 19.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3238
RGB	rgb(138, 50, 56)
HSL	hsl(356, 47%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(356, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 59.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.92, 37.97, 16.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.92, 41.31, 23.19°)
OKLab	oklab(44.51% 0.1132 0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(44.51% 0.12 19.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.3368, 7.9716, 4.6296)
Luminance	0.0797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3238 #328A84

analogous

#8A3264 #8A3238 #8A5832

triadic

#8A3238 #388A32 #32388A

tetradic

#8A3238 #648A32 #328A84 #58328A

square

#8A3238 #648A32 #328A84 #58328A

split-complementary

#8A3238 #328A58 #32648A

monochromatic

#301114 #5D2226 #8A3238 #B7424A #CA6C73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.10

#8A3238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#8A3238 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3238

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3238	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)

#484438

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#972135

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 50, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.120 19.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16e6e',
    500: '#8a3238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3238;
$custom-light: #b16e6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.909,
    "s": 46.809,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44505,
    "c": 0.12004,
    "h": 19.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3238

secondary

#66B2AC

accent

#D6CD51

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3238

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

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