#8A2227#8A2227

#8A2227 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.139 H 23.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2227
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 39)
HSL	hsl(357, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(357, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 71.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.10, 43.70, 23.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.10, 49.64, 28.32°)
OKLab	oklab(42.3% 0.1279 0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(42.3% 0.139 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.4207, 6.6955, 2.6101)
Luminance	0.0669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2227 #228A85

analogous

#8A225B #8A2227 #8A5122

triadic

#8A2227 #278A22 #22278A

tetradic

#8A2227 #5B8A22 #228A85 #51228A

square

#8A2227 #5B8A22 #228A85 #51228A

split-complementary

#8A2227 #228A51 #225B8A

monochromatic

#280A0B #591619 #8A2227 #BB2E35 #D45258

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#8A2227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8A2227 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2227

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2227	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)

#403B26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5124

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.139 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36661',
    500: '#8a2227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2227;
$custom-light: #b36661;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.115,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42298,
    "c": 0.13903,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2227

secondary

#50B8B3

accent

#E4DC44

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2227

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

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