#8A2216#8A2216

#8A2216 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.141 H 30.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2216
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 22)
HSL	hsl(6, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(6, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 84.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.89, 42.99, 33.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.89, 54.51, 37.93°)
OKLab	oklab(42.08% 0.122 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(42.08% 0.141 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.1994, 6.6070, 1.4445)
Luminance	0.0660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2216 #167E8A

analogous

#8A1644 #8A2216 #8A5C16

triadic

#8A2216 #168A22 #22168A

tetradic

#8A2216 #448A16 #167E8A #5C168A

square

#8A2216 #448A16 #167E8A #5C168A

split-complementary

#8A2216 #168A5C #16448A

monochromatic

#200805 #55150E #8A2216 #BF2F1E #E04C3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.05

#8A2216 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8A2216 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2216

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2216	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2216	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)

#423A13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5111

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2216;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.141 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56555',
    500: '#8a2216',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2216;
$custom-light: #b56555;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2216",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.207,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42076,
    "c": 0.1414,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2216

secondary

#3EB1BE

accent

#DCEF39

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE8

border

#D1C6C4

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2216

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

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