#8A221B#8A221B

#8A221B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.141 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A221B
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 27)
HSL	hsl(4, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(4, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 80.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.95, 43.16, 30.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.95, 52.98, 35.44°)
OKLab	oklab(42.13% 0.1235 0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(42.13% 0.141 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.2524, 6.6282, 1.7236)
Luminance	0.0663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A221B #1B838A

analogous

#8A1B4B #8A221B #8A5A1B

triadic

#8A221B #1B8A22 #221B8A

tetradic

#8A221B #4B8A1B #1B838A #5A1B8A

square

#8A221B #4B8A1B #1B838A #5A1B8A

split-complementary

#8A221B #1B8A5A #1B4B8A

monochromatic

#240907 #571511 #8A221B #BD2F25 #DB4E45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.03

#8A221B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8A221B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A221B

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A221B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A221B	1.00	9.03	2.33	9.03
#FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413A19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5117

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a221b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.141 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46558',
    500: '#8a221b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a221b;
$custom-light: #b46558;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a221b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.784,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42129,
    "c": 0.14062,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A221B

secondary

#45B4BC

accent

#DFEA3E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A221B

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

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