#8A2215#8A2215

#8A2215 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.142 H 30.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2215
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 21)
HSL	hsl(7, 74%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(7, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 84.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.89, 42.96, 34.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.89, 54.81, 38.39°)
OKLab	oklab(42.07% 0.1217 0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(42.07% 0.142 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.1900, 6.6032, 1.3947)
Luminance	0.0660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2215 #157D8A

analogous

#8A1542 #8A2215 #8A5C15

triadic

#8A2215 #158A22 #22158A

tetradic

#8A2215 #428A15 #157D8A #5C158A

square

#8A2215 #428A15 #157D8A #5C158A

split-complementary

#8A2215 #158A5C #15428A

monochromatic

#200805 #55150D #8A2215 #BF2F1D #E14B39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.05

#8A2215 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8A2215 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2215

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2215	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2215	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)

#423A12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B510F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2215;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.142 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56554',
    500: '#8a2215',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2215;
$custom-light: #b56554;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2215",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.667,
    "s": 73.585,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42067,
    "c": 0.14155,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2215

secondary

#3DB0BE

accent

#DCF038

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2215

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

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