#8A2122#8A2122

#8A2122 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.141 H 25.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2122
RGB	rgb(138, 33, 34)
HSL	hsl(359, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(359, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 75.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.90, 43.82, 26.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.90, 51.18, 31.11°)
OKLab	oklab(42.12% 0.1272 0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(42.12% 0.141 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.3151, 6.6082, 2.1928)
Luminance	0.0661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2122 #218A89

analogous

#8A2156 #8A2122 #8A5421

triadic

#8A2122 #228A21 #21228A

tetradic

#8A2122 #568A21 #218A89 #54218A

square

#8A2122 #568A21 #218A89 #54218A

split-complementary

#8A2122 #218A54 #21568A

monochromatic

#27090A #591516 #8A2122 #BB2D2E #D55051

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.05

#8A2122 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8A2122 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2122

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2122	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2122	1.00	9.05	2.32	9.05
#FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403A21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A511E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2122;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 33, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.141 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4655d',
    500: '#8a2122',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2122;
$custom-light: #b4655d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2122",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.429,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42122,
    "c": 0.14053,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2122

secondary

#4EB9B8

accent

#E5E343

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2122

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

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