#8A2322#8A2322

#8A2322 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.139 H 25.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2322
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 34)
HSL	hsl(1, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(1, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 75.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.17, 43.08, 26.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.17, 50.71, 31.84°)
OKLab	oklab(42.32% 0.1248 0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(42.32% 0.139 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.3723, 6.7226, 2.2118)
Luminance	0.0672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2322 #22898A

analogous

#8A2255 #8A2322 #8A5722

triadic

#8A2322 #228A23 #23228A

tetradic

#8A2322 #558A22 #22898A #57228A

square

#8A2322 #558A22 #22898A #57228A

split-complementary

#8A2322 #228A57 #22558A

monochromatic

#280A0A #591716 #8A2322 #BB2F2E #D45352

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.96

#8A2322 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8A2322 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2322

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2322	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2322	1.00	8.96	2.34	8.96
#FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413B21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B511E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2322;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.139 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4665d',
    500: '#8a2322',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2322;
$custom-light: #b4665d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2322",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.577,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42322,
    "c": 0.13869,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2322

secondary

#50B7B8

accent

#E2E444

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2322

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

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