#8A3239#8A3239

#8A3239 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.120 H 18.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3239
RGB	rgb(138, 50, 57)
HSL	hsl(355, 47%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(355, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 58.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.94, 38.05, 15.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.94, 41.15, 22.37°)
OKLab	oklab(44.53% 0.1136 0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(44.53% 0.12 18.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.3615, 7.9815, 4.7597)
Luminance	0.0798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3239 #328A83

analogous

#8A3265 #8A3239 #8A5732

triadic

#8A3239 #398A32 #32398A

tetradic

#8A3239 #658A32 #328A83 #57328A

square

#8A3239 #658A32 #328A83 #57328A

split-complementary

#8A3239 #328A57 #32658A

monochromatic

#301114 #5D2226 #8A3239 #B7424C #CA6C74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.09

#8A3239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#8A3239 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3239

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3239	1.00	8.09	2.60	8.09
#FFFFFF	8.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#972235

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 50, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.120 18.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16e6f',
    500: '#8a3239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3239;
$custom-light: #b16e6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.227,
    "s": 46.809,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44528,
    "c": 0.12,
    "h": 18.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3239

secondary

#66B2AC

accent

#D6CC51

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEC

border

#D0C7C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3239

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

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