#8A2223#8A2223

#8A2223 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.139 H 25.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2223
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 35)
HSL	hsl(359, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(359, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 74.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.04, 43.50, 25.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.04, 50.67, 30.86°)
OKLab	oklab(42.24% 0.1264 0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(42.24% 0.139 25)
XYZ	xyz(11.3579, 6.6704, 2.2792)
Luminance	0.0667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2223 #228A89

analogous

#8A2257 #8A2223 #8A5522

triadic

#8A2223 #238A22 #22238A

tetradic

#8A2223 #578A22 #228A89 #55228A

square

#8A2223 #578A22 #228A89 #55228A

split-complementary

#8A2223 #228A55 #22578A

monochromatic

#280A0A #591617 #8A2223 #BB2E2F #D45253

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#8A2223 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8A2223 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2223

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2223	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2223	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)

#413B22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A511F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2223;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.139 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4665e',
    500: '#8a2223',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2223;
$custom-light: #b4665e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2223",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.423,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42235,
    "c": 0.13949,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.06669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2223

secondary

#50B8B7

accent

#E4E244

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2223

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

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