#8A221D#8A221D

#8A221D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.140 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A221D
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 29)
HSL	hsl(3, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(3, 79%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 79%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.97, 43.24, 29.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.97, 52.38, 34.36°)
OKLab	oklab(42.15% 0.1242 0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(42.15% 0.14 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.2763, 6.6378, 1.8496)
Luminance	0.0664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A221D #1D858A

analogous

#8A1D4F #8A221D #8A581D

triadic

#8A221D #1D8A22 #221D8A

tetradic

#8A221D #4F8A1D #1D858A #581D8A

square

#8A221D #4F8A1D #1D858A #581D8A

split-complementary

#8A221D #1D8A58 #1D4F8A

monochromatic

#250908 #571612 #8A221D #BD2E28 #D94F49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.02

#8A221D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8A221D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A221D

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A221D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A221D	1.00	9.02	2.33	9.02
#FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413A1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5119

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a221d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.140 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46659',
    500: '#8a221d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a221d;
$custom-light: #b46659;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a221d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.752,
    "s": 65.269,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42153,
    "c": 0.14032,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A221D

secondary

#48B6BB

accent

#E0E840

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A221D

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

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