#8A2234#8A2234

#8A2234 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.138 H 15.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2234
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 52)
HSL	hsl(350, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(350, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 62.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.34, 44.49, 15.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.34, 47.09, 19.14°)
OKLab	oklab(42.55% 0.1333 0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(42.55% 0.138 15.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.6743, 6.7970, 3.9454)
Luminance	0.0679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2234 #228A78

analogous

#8A2268 #8A2234 #8A4422

triadic

#8A2234 #348A22 #22348A

tetradic

#8A2234 #688A22 #228A78 #44228A

square

#8A2234 #688A22 #228A78 #44228A

split-complementary

#8A2234 #228A44 #22688A

monochromatic

#280A0F #591621 #8A2234 #BB2E47 #D45269

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#8A2234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8A2234 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2234

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2234	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3C34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.138 15.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2666b',
    500: '#8a2234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2234;
$custom-light: #b2666b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.615,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4255,
    "c": 0.13849,
    "h": 15.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2234

secondary

#50B8A6

accent

#E4C844

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2234

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

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