#8A223B#8A223B

#8A223B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.139 H 11.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A223B
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 59)
HSL	hsl(346, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(346, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 57.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.50, 45.01, 11.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.50, 46.35, 13.80°)
OKLab	oklab(42.72% 0.1362 0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(42.72% 0.139 11.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.8438, 6.8648, 4.8382)
Luminance	0.0686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A223B #228A71

analogous

#8A226F #8A223B #8A3D22

triadic

#8A223B #3B8A22 #223B8A

tetradic

#8A223B #6F8A22 #228A71 #3D228A

square

#8A223B #6F8A22 #228A71 #3D228A

split-complementary

#8A223B #228A3D #226F8A

monochromatic

#280A11 #591626 #8A223B #BB2E50 #D45271

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85

#8A223B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8A223B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A223B

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A223B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A223B	1.00	8.85	2.37	8.85
#FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3D3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97052C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a223b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.139 11.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26670',
    500: '#8a223b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a223b;
$custom-light: #b26670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a223b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.577,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42718,
    "c": 0.13897,
    "h": 11.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A223B

secondary

#50B89F

accent

#E4BD44

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A223B

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

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