#8A2239#8A2239

#8A2239 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.139 H 12.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2239
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 57)
HSL	hsl(347, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(347, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 58.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.45, 44.86, 12.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.45, 46.51, 15.34°)
OKLab	oklab(42.67% 0.1353 0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(42.67% 0.139 12.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.7929, 6.8444, 4.5702)
Luminance	0.0684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2239 #228A73

analogous

#8A226D #8A2239 #8A3F22

triadic

#8A2239 #398A22 #22398A

tetradic

#8A2239 #6D8A22 #228A73 #3F228A

square

#8A2239 #6D8A22 #228A73 #3F228A

split-complementary

#8A2239 #228A3F #226D8A

monochromatic

#280A10 #591625 #8A2239 #BB2E4D #D4526F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.87

#8A2239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8A2239 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2239

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2239	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)

#3D3C39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97032C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.139 12.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2666f',
    500: '#8a2239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2239;
$custom-light: #b2666f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.731,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42667,
    "c": 0.13877,
    "h": 12.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2239

secondary

#50B8A1

accent

#E4C044

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2239

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

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