#8A2212#8A2212

#8A2212 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.142 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2212
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 18)
HSL	hsl(8, 77%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(8, 87%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 87%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.86, 42.88, 35.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.86, 55.73, 39.70°)
OKLab	oklab(42.04% 0.1209 0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(42.04% 0.142 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.1638, 6.5928, 1.2569)
Luminance	0.0659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2212 #127A8A

analogous

#8A123E #8A2212 #8A5E12

triadic

#8A2212 #128A22 #22128A

tetradic

#8A2212 #3E8A12 #127A8A #5E128A

square

#8A2212 #3E8A12 #127A8A #5E128A

split-complementary

#8A2212 #128A5E #123E8A

monochromatic

#1E0704 #54150B #8A2212 #C02F19 #E44A32

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.06

#8A2212 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8A2212 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2212

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2212	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2212	1.00	9.06	2.32	9.06
#FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423A0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B510C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2212;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.142 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56552',
    500: '#8a2212',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2212;
$custom-light: #b56552;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2212",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8,
    "s": 76.923,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4204,
    "c": 0.14201,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2212

secondary

#39ADBF

accent

#DAF334

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2212

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

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