#8A2220#8A2220

#8A2220 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.140 H 26.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2220
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 32)
HSL	hsl(1, 62%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(1, 77%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 76.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.00, 43.36, 27.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.00, 51.51, 32.66°)
OKLab	oklab(42.19% 0.1253 0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(42.19% 0.14 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.3153, 6.6534, 2.0546)
Luminance	0.0665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2220 #20888A

analogous

#8A2053 #8A2220 #8A5720

triadic

#8A2220 #208A22 #22208A

tetradic

#8A2220 #538A20 #20888A #57208A

square

#8A2220 #538A20 #20888A #57208A

split-complementary

#8A2220 #208A57 #20538A

monochromatic

#270A09 #581614 #8A2220 #BC2E2C #D6514E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.01

#8A2220 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8A2220 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2220

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2220	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2220	1.00	9.01	2.33	9.01
#FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413B1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B511C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2220;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.140 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4665c',
    500: '#8a2220',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2220;
$custom-light: #b4665c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2220",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.132,
    "s": 62.353,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42192,
    "c": 0.13988,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2220

secondary

#4DB7B9

accent

#E2E542

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2220

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

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