#8A2231#8A2231

#8A2231 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.138 H 17.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2231
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 49)
HSL	hsl(351, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(351, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 64.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.28, 44.29, 17.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.28, 47.55, 21.36°)
OKLab	oklab(42.49% 0.132 0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(42.49% 0.138 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.6088, 6.7708, 3.6007)
Luminance	0.0677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2231 #228A7B

analogous

#8A2265 #8A2231 #8A4722

triadic

#8A2231 #318A22 #22318A

tetradic

#8A2231 #658A22 #228A7B #47228A

square

#8A2231 #658A22 #228A7B #47228A

split-complementary

#8A2231 #228A47 #22658A

monochromatic

#280A0E #591620 #8A2231 #BB2E42 #D45265

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.92

#8A2231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8A2231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2231

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2231	1.00	8.92	2.35	8.92
#FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3C31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59522E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.138 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36668',
    500: '#8a2231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2231;
$custom-light: #b36668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.346,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42485,
    "c": 0.13847,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2231

secondary

#50B8A9

accent

#E4CD44

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2231

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

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