#8A2222#8A2222

#8A2222 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.140 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2222
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 34)
HSL	hsl(0, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(0, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 75.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.03, 43.45, 26.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.03, 50.95, 31.47°)
OKLab	oklab(42.22% 0.126 0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(42.22% 0.14 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.3433, 6.6646, 2.2022)
Luminance	0.0666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2222 #228A8A

analogous

#8A2256 #8A2222 #8A5622

triadic

#8A2222 #228A22 #22228A

tetradic

#8A2222 #568A22 #228A8A #56228A

square

#8A2222 #568A22 #228A8A #56228A

split-complementary

#8A2222 #228A56 #22568A

monochromatic

#280A0A #591616 #8A2222 #BB2E2E #D45252

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#8A2222 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8A2222 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2222

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2222	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2222	1.00	9.00	2.33	9.00
#FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413B21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B511E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2222;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.140 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4665d',
    500: '#8a2222',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2222;
$custom-light: #b4665d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2222",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42221,
    "c": 0.13961,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2222

secondary

#50B8B8

accent

#E4E444

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2222

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

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