#8A222D#8A222D

#8A222D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.139 H 19.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A222D
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 45)
HSL	hsl(354, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(354, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 67.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.20, 44.04, 19.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.20, 48.29, 24.23°)
OKLab	oklab(42.41% 0.1304 0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(42.41% 0.139 19.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.5281, 6.7385, 3.1758)
Luminance	0.0674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A222D #228A7F

analogous

#8A2261 #8A222D #8A4B22

triadic

#8A222D #2D8A22 #222D8A

tetradic

#8A222D #618A22 #228A7F #4B228A

square

#8A222D #618A22 #228A7F #4B228A

split-complementary

#8A222D #228A4B #22618A

monochromatic

#280A0D #59161D #8A222D #BB2E3D #D45260

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.95

#8A222D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8A222D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A222D

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A222D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A222D	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)

#3F3B2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A512A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a222d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.139 19.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36665',
    500: '#8a222d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a222d;
$custom-light: #b36665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a222d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.654,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42405,
    "c": 0.13858,
    "h": 19.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A222D

secondary

#50B8AD

accent

#E4D344

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A222D

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

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