#8A221C#8A221C

#8A221C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.140 H 28.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A221C
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 28)
HSL	hsl(3, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(3, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 79.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.96, 43.20, 30.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.96, 52.68, 34.91°)
OKLab	oklab(42.14% 0.1239 0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(42.14% 0.14 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.2642, 6.6329, 1.7856)
Luminance	0.0663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A221C #1C848A

analogous

#8A1C4D #8A221C #8A591C

triadic

#8A221C #1C8A22 #221C8A

tetradic

#8A221C #4D8A1C #1C848A #591C8A

square

#8A221C #4D8A1C #1C848A #591C8A

split-complementary

#8A221C #1C8A59 #1C4D8A

monochromatic

#240907 #571512 #8A221C #BD2F26 #DA4F47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.03

#8A221C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8A221C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A221C

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A221C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A221C	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)

#413A1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5118

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a221c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.140 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46559',
    500: '#8a221c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a221c;
$custom-light: #b46559;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a221c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.273,
    "s": 66.265,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42141,
    "c": 0.14047,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A221C

secondary

#46B5BB

accent

#E0E93F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A221C

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

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