#8A3243#8A3243

#8A3243 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.120 H 11.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3243
RGB	rgb(138, 50, 67)
HSL	hsl(348, 47%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(348, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 51.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.17, 38.93, 9.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.17, 40.08, 13.77°)
OKLab	oklab(44.77% 0.1178 0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(44.77% 0.12 11.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.6360, 8.0913, 6.2055)
Luminance	0.0809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3243 #328A79

analogous

#8A326F #8A3243 #8A4D32

triadic

#8A3243 #438A32 #32438A

tetradic

#8A3243 #6F8A32 #328A79 #4D328A

square

#8A3243 #6F8A32 #328A79 #4D328A

split-complementary

#8A3243 #328A4D #326F8A

monochromatic

#301117 #5D222D #8A3243 #B74259 #CA6C7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.02

#8A3243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#8A3243 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3243

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3243	1.00	8.02	2.62	8.02
#FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464543

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#962439

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 50, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.120 11.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16f77',
    500: '#8a3243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3243;
$custom-light: #b16f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.409,
    "s": 46.809,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44773,
    "c": 0.12032,
    "h": 11.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3243

secondary

#66B2A3

accent

#D6BD51

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6ECED

border

#D0C7C8

text

#110708

muted

#807A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3243

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

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