#8A2230#8A2230

#8A2230 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.138 H 18.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2230
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 48)
HSL	hsl(352, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(352, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 65.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.26, 44.22, 17.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.26, 47.73, 22.09°)
OKLab	oklab(42.47% 0.1316 0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(42.47% 0.138 18.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.5880, 6.7624, 3.4908)
Luminance	0.0676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2230 #228A7C

analogous

#8A2264 #8A2230 #8A4822

triadic

#8A2230 #308A22 #22308A

tetradic

#8A2230 #648A22 #228A7C #48228A

square

#8A2230 #648A22 #228A7C #48228A

split-complementary

#8A2230 #228A48 #22648A

monochromatic

#280A0E #59161F #8A2230 #BB2E41 #D45264

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.93

#8A2230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8A2230 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2230

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2230	1.00	8.93	2.35	8.93
#FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3C30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59522D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.138 18.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36668',
    500: '#8a2230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2230;
$custom-light: #b36668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.923,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42465,
    "c": 0.13847,
    "h": 18.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2230

secondary

#50B8AA

accent

#E4CE44

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2230

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

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