#8A2226#8A2226

#8A2226 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.139 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2226
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 38)
HSL	hsl(358, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(358, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 72.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.09, 43.65, 24.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.09, 49.89, 28.97°)
OKLab	oklab(42.28% 0.1275 0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(42.28% 0.139 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.4044, 6.6890, 2.5240)
Luminance	0.0669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2226 #228A86

analogous

#8A225A #8A2226 #8A5222

triadic

#8A2226 #268A22 #22268A

tetradic

#8A2226 #5A8A22 #228A86 #52228A

square

#8A2226 #5A8A22 #228A86 #52228A

split-complementary

#8A2226 #228A52 #225A8A

monochromatic

#280A0B #591618 #8A2226 #BB2E34 #D45257

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#8A2226 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8A2226 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2226

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2226	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2226	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403B25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5123

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2226;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.139 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36660',
    500: '#8a2226',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2226;
$custom-light: #b36660;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2226",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.692,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42282,
    "c": 0.13914,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2226

secondary

#50B8B4

accent

#E4DD44

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2226

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

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