#8A2214#8A2214

#8A2214 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.142 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2214
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 20)
HSL	hsl(7, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(7, 86%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 85.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.88, 42.93, 34.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.88, 55.12, 38.84°)
OKLab	oklab(42.06% 0.1214 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(42.06% 0.142 31)
XYZ	xyz(11.1809, 6.5996, 1.3468)
Luminance	0.0660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2214 #147C8A

analogous

#8A1441 #8A2214 #8A5D14

triadic

#8A2214 #148A22 #22148A

tetradic

#8A2214 #418A14 #147C8A #5D148A

square

#8A2214 #418A14 #147C8A #5D148A

split-complementary

#8A2214 #148A5D #14418A

monochromatic

#1F0805 #55150C #8A2214 #BF2F1C #E24B36

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.05

#8A2214 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8A2214 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2214

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2214	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2214	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)

#423A11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B510E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2214;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.142 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56553',
    500: '#8a2214',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2214;
$custom-light: #b56553;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2214",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.119,
    "s": 74.684,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42057,
    "c": 0.1417,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.06598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2214

secondary

#3CAFBE

accent

#DBF136

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2214

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

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