#8A2221#8A2221

#8A2221 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.140 H 26.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2221
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 33)
HSL	hsl(1, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(1, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.02, 43.41, 27.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.02, 51.22, 32.07°)
OKLab	oklab(42.21% 0.1256 0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(42.21% 0.14 26)
XYZ	xyz(11.3291, 6.6589, 2.1273)
Luminance	0.0666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2221 #21898A

analogous

#8A2154 #8A2221 #8A5621

triadic

#8A2221 #218A22 #22218A

tetradic

#8A2221 #548A21 #21898A #56218A

square

#8A2221 #548A21 #21898A #56218A

split-complementary

#8A2221 #218A56 #21548A

monochromatic

#270A09 #591615 #8A2221 #BB2E2D #D55150

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.01

#8A2221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8A2221 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2221

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2221	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)

#413B20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B511D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.140 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4665c',
    500: '#8a2221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2221;
$custom-light: #b4665c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.571,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42206,
    "c": 0.13974,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.06657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2221

secondary

#4EB8B9

accent

#E3E543

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2221

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

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