#8A221F#8A221F

#8A221F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.140 H 26.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A221F
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 31)
HSL	hsl(2, 63%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(2, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 77.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.99, 43.32, 28.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.99, 51.79, 33.24°)
OKLab	oklab(42.18% 0.1249 0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(42.18% 0.14 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.3019, 6.6480, 1.9842)
Luminance	0.0665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A221F #1F878A

analogous

#8A1F51 #8A221F #8A571F

triadic

#8A221F #1F8A22 #221F8A

tetradic

#8A221F #518A1F #1F878A #571F8A

square

#8A221F #518A1F #1F878A #571F8A

split-complementary

#8A221F #1F8A57 #1F518A

monochromatic

#260909 #581614 #8A221F #BC2E2A #D7504C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.02

#8A221F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8A221F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A221F

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A221F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A221F	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)

#413B1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B511B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a221f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.140 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4665b',
    500: '#8a221f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a221f;
$custom-light: #b4665b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a221f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.682,
    "s": 63.314,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42179,
    "c": 0.14003,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A221F

secondary

#4BB7BA

accent

#E2E641

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A221F

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

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