#8A222C#8A222C

#8A222C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.139 H 20.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A222C
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 44)
HSL	hsl(354, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(354, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 68.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.19, 43.98, 20.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.19, 48.50, 24.94°)
OKLab	oklab(42.39% 0.1299 0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(42.39% 0.139 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.5091, 6.7309, 3.0756)
Luminance	0.0673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A222C #228A80

analogous

#8A2260 #8A222C #8A4C22

triadic

#8A222C #2C8A22 #222C8A

tetradic

#8A222C #608A22 #228A80 #4C228A

square

#8A222C #608A22 #228A80 #4C228A

split-complementary

#8A222C #228A4C #22608A

monochromatic

#280A0D #59161C #8A222C #BB2E3C #D4525F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.95

#8A222C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8A222C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A222C

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A222C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A222C	1.00	8.95	2.35	8.95
#FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3B2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a222c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.139 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36665',
    500: '#8a222c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a222c;
$custom-light: #b36665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a222c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.231,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42386,
    "c": 0.13863,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A222C

secondary

#50B8AE

accent

#E4D444

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A222C

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

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