#8A222B#8A222B

#8A222B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.139 H 20.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A222B
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 43)
HSL	hsl(355, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(355, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 68.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.17, 43.92, 21.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.17, 48.71, 25.63°)
OKLab	oklab(42.37% 0.1295 0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(42.37% 0.139 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.4905, 6.7235, 2.9777)
Luminance	0.0672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A222B #228A81

analogous

#8A225F #8A222B #8A4D22

triadic

#8A222B #2B8A22 #222B8A

tetradic

#8A222B #5F8A22 #228A81 #4D228A

square

#8A222B #5F8A22 #228A81 #4D228A

split-complementary

#8A222B #228A4D #225F8A

monochromatic

#280A0C #59161C #8A222B #BB2E3A #D4525D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.96

#8A222B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8A222B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A222B

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A222B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A222B	1.00	8.96	2.34	8.96
#FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a222b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.139 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36664',
    500: '#8a222b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a222b;
$custom-light: #b36664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a222b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.808,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42368,
    "c": 0.13869,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A222B

secondary

#50B8AF

accent

#E4D644

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A222B

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

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