#8A2225#8A2225

#8A2225 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.139 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2225
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 37)
HSL	hsl(358, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(358, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 73.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.07, 43.60, 24.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.07, 50.14, 29.61°)
OKLab	oklab(42.27% 0.1272 0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(42.27% 0.139 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.3885, 6.6826, 2.4401)
Luminance	0.0668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2225 #228A87

analogous

#8A2259 #8A2225 #8A5322

triadic

#8A2225 #258A22 #22258A

tetradic

#8A2225 #598A22 #228A87 #53228A

square

#8A2225 #598A22 #228A87 #53228A

split-complementary

#8A2225 #228A53 #22598A

monochromatic

#280A0B #591618 #8A2225 #BB2E32 #D45256

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.99

#8A2225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8A2225 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2225

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2225	1.00	8.99	2.34	8.99
#FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403B24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5122

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.139 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4665f',
    500: '#8a2225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2225;
$custom-light: #b4665f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.269,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42266,
    "c": 0.13925,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2225

secondary

#50B8B5

accent

#E4DF44

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2225

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

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