#8A2229#8A2229

#8A2229 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.139 H 22.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2229
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 41)
HSL	hsl(356, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(356, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 70.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.14, 43.81, 22.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.14, 49.16, 26.99°)
OKLab	oklab(42.33% 0.1287 0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(42.33% 0.139 22)
XYZ	xyz(11.4548, 6.7091, 2.7892)
Luminance	0.0671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2229 #228A83

analogous

#8A225D #8A2229 #8A4F22

triadic

#8A2229 #298A22 #22298A

tetradic

#8A2229 #5D8A22 #228A83 #4F228A

square

#8A2229 #5D8A22 #228A83 #4F228A

split-complementary

#8A2229 #228A4F #225D8A

monochromatic

#280A0C #59161A #8A2229 #BB2E38 #D4525B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.97

#8A2229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8A2229 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2229

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2229	1.00	8.97	2.34	8.97
#FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403B28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5126

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.139 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36662',
    500: '#8a2229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2229;
$custom-light: #b36662;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.962,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42332,
    "c": 0.13885,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.06707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2229

secondary

#50B8B1

accent

#E4D944

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2229

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

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