#8A2237#8A2237

#8A2237 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.139 H 14.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2237
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 55)
HSL	hsl(348, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(348, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.40, 44.71, 13.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.40, 46.72, 16.87°)
OKLab	oklab(42.62% 0.1345 0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(42.62% 0.139 14)
XYZ	xyz(11.7440, 6.8248, 4.3126)
Luminance	0.0682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2237 #228A75

analogous

#8A226B #8A2237 #8A4122

triadic

#8A2237 #378A22 #22378A

tetradic

#8A2237 #6B8A22 #228A75 #41228A

square

#8A2237 #6B8A22 #228A75 #41228A

split-complementary

#8A2237 #228A41 #226B8A

monochromatic

#280A10 #591623 #8A2237 #BB2E4B #D4526C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.88

#8A2237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8A2237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2237

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2237	1.00	8.88	2.36	8.88
#FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3C37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97022B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.139 14.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2666d',
    500: '#8a2237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2237;
$custom-light: #b2666d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.885,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42619,
    "c": 0.13862,
    "h": 14
  },
  "luminance": 0.06823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2237

secondary

#50B8A3

accent

#E4C344

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2237

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

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