#8A2238#8A2238

#8A2238 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.139 H 13.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2238
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 56)
HSL	hsl(347, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(347, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 59.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.43, 44.78, 12.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.43, 46.61, 16.11°)
OKLab	oklab(42.64% 0.1349 0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(42.64% 0.139 13.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.7682, 6.8345, 4.4401)
Luminance	0.0683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2238 #228A74

analogous

#8A226C #8A2238 #8A4022

triadic

#8A2238 #388A22 #22388A

tetradic

#8A2238 #6C8A22 #228A74 #40228A

square

#8A2238 #6C8A22 #228A74 #40228A

split-complementary

#8A2238 #228A40 #226C8A

monochromatic

#280A10 #591624 #8A2238 #BB2E4C #D4526E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.87

#8A2238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8A2238 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2238

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2238	1.00	8.87	2.37	8.87
#FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97032B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.139 13.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2666e',
    500: '#8a2238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2238;
$custom-light: #b2666e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.308,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42643,
    "c": 0.13868,
    "h": 13.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2238

secondary

#50B8A2

accent

#E4C244

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2238

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

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