#8A2422#8A2422

#8A2422 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.138 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2422
RGB	rgb(138, 36, 34)
HSL	hsl(1, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(1, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 75.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.31, 42.69, 26.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.31, 50.46, 32.22°)
OKLab	oklab(42.43% 0.1236 0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(42.43% 0.138 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.4021, 6.7822, 2.2218)
Luminance	0.0678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2422 #22888A

analogous

#8A2254 #8A2422 #8A5822

triadic

#8A2422 #228A24 #24228A

tetradic

#8A2422 #548A22 #22888A #58228A

square

#8A2422 #548A22 #22888A #58228A

split-complementary

#8A2422 #228A58 #22548A

monochromatic

#280A0A #591716 #8A2422 #BB312E #D45552

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.91

#8A2422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8A2422 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2422

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2422	1.00	8.91	2.36	8.91
#FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423C21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B521E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 36, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.138 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4675d',
    500: '#8a2422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2422;
$custom-light: #b4675d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.154,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42426,
    "c": 0.13775,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2422

secondary

#50B6B8

accent

#E1E444

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2422

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

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