#8A3241#8A3241

#8A3241 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.120 H 13.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3241
RGB	rgb(138, 50, 65)
HSL	hsl(350, 47%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(350, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 52.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.12, 38.74, 10.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.12, 40.21, 15.52°)
OKLab	oklab(44.72% 0.117 0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(44.72% 0.12 13.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.5770, 8.0677, 5.8949)
Luminance	0.0807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3241 #328A7B

analogous

#8A326D #8A3241 #8A4F32

triadic

#8A3241 #418A32 #32418A

tetradic

#8A3241 #6D8A32 #328A7B #4F328A

square

#8A3241 #6D8A32 #328A7B #4F328A

split-complementary

#8A3241 #328A4F #326D8A

monochromatic

#301117 #5D222C #8A3241 #B74256 #CA6C7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.04

#8A3241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#8A3241 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3241

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3241	1.00	8.04	2.61	8.04
#FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D573F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#962438

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 50, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.120 13.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16f75',
    500: '#8a3241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3241;
$custom-light: #b16f75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.773,
    "s": 46.809,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4472,
    "c": 0.12014,
    "h": 13.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3241

secondary

#66B2A5

accent

#D6C051

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6ECED

border

#D0C7C8

text

#110708

muted

#807A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3241

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

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