#8A223A#8A223A

#8A223A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.139 H 12.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A223A
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 58)
HSL	hsl(346, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(346, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 58%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.47, 44.93, 11.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.47, 46.43, 14.57°)
OKLab	oklab(42.69% 0.1358 0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(42.69% 0.139 12.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.8181, 6.8545, 4.7029)
Luminance	0.0685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A223A #228A72

analogous

#8A226E #8A223A #8A3E22

triadic

#8A223A #3A8A22 #223A8A

tetradic

#8A223A #6E8A22 #228A72 #3E228A

square

#8A223A #6E8A22 #228A72 #3E228A

split-complementary

#8A223A #228A3E #226E8A

monochromatic

#280A11 #591625 #8A223A #BB2E4F #D45270

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#8A223A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8A223A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A223A

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A223A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A223A	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3C3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97042C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a223a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.139 12.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2666f',
    500: '#8a223a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a223a;
$custom-light: #b2666f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a223a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.154,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42692,
    "c": 0.13886,
    "h": 12.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A223A

secondary

#50B8A0

accent

#E4BF44

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A223A

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

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