#8A223C#8A223C

#8A223C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.139 H 10.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A223C
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 60)
HSL	hsl(345, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(345, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 56.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.52, 45.09, 10.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.52, 46.28, 13.02°)
OKLab	oklab(42.74% 0.1366 0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(42.74% 0.139 10.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.8700, 6.8752, 4.9761)
Luminance	0.0687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A223C #228A70

analogous

#8A2270 #8A223C #8A3C22

triadic

#8A223C #3C8A22 #223C8A

tetradic

#8A223C #708A22 #228A70 #3C228A

square

#8A223C #708A22 #228A70 #3C228A

split-complementary

#8A223C #228A3C #22708A

monochromatic

#280A11 #591627 #8A223C #BB2E51 #D45273

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#8A223C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8A223C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A223C

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A223C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A223C	1.00	8.84	2.37	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3D3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97052D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a223c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.139 10.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26671',
    500: '#8a223c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a223c;
$custom-light: #b26671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a223c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42743,
    "c": 0.13909,
    "h": 10.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A223C

secondary

#50B89E

accent

#E4BC44

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A223C

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

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