#8A222E#8A222E

#8A222E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.139 H 19.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A222E
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 46)
HSL	hsl(353, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(353, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 66.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.22, 44.10, 19.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.22, 48.09, 23.53°)
OKLab	oklab(42.43% 0.1308 0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(42.43% 0.139 19.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.5476, 6.7463, 3.2784)
Luminance	0.0674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A222E #228A7E

analogous

#8A2262 #8A222E #8A4A22

triadic

#8A222E #2E8A22 #222E8A

tetradic

#8A222E #628A22 #228A7E #4A228A

square

#8A222E #628A22 #228A7E #4A228A

split-complementary

#8A222E #228A4A #22628A

monochromatic

#280A0D #59161E #8A222E #BB2E3E #D45261

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#8A222E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8A222E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A222E

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A222E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A222E	1.00	8.94	2.35	8.94
#FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3B2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59512B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a222e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.139 19.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36666',
    500: '#8a222e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a222e;
$custom-light: #b36666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a222e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.077,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42425,
    "c": 0.13853,
    "h": 19.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A222E

secondary

#50B8AC

accent

#E4D144

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A222E

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

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