#8A2219#8A2219

#8A2219 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.141 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2219
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 25)
HSL	hsl(5, 69%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(5, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 81.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.92, 43.09, 31.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.92, 53.59, 36.48°)
OKLab	oklab(42.11% 0.1229 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(42.11% 0.141 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.2301, 6.6193, 1.6058)
Luminance	0.0662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2219 #19818A

analogous

#8A1949 #8A2219 #8A5B19

triadic

#8A2219 #198A22 #22198A

tetradic

#8A2219 #498A19 #19818A #5B198A

square

#8A2219 #498A19 #19818A #5B198A

split-complementary

#8A2219 #198A5B #19498A

monochromatic

#220806 #561510 #8A2219 #BE2F22 #DD4D41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.04

#8A2219 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8A2219 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2219

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2219	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2219	1.00	9.04	2.32	9.04
#FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413A17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5114

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2219;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.141 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46557',
    500: '#8a2219',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2219;
$custom-light: #b46557;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2219",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.779,
    "s": 69.325,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42107,
    "c": 0.14093,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2219

secondary

#42B3BD

accent

#DEEC3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2219

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

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