#8C222D#8C222D

#8C222D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.141 H 20.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C222D
RGB	rgb(140, 34, 45)
HSL	hsl(354, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(354, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.7%, 67.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.60, 44.68, 20.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.60, 49.12, 24.55°)
OKLab	oklab(42.77% 0.1321 0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(42.77% 0.141 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.8622, 6.9107, 3.1914)
Luminance	0.0691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C222D #228C81

analogous

#8C2262 #8C222D #8C4C22

triadic

#8C222D #2D8C22 #222D8C

tetradic

#8C222D #628C22 #228C81 #4C228C

square

#8C222D #628C22 #228C81 #4C228C

split-complementary

#8C222D #228C4C #22628C

monochromatic

#2A0A0D #5B161D #8C222D #BD2E3D #D55361

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#8C222D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8C222D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C222D

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C222D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C222D	1.00	8.82	2.38	8.82
#FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403C2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B532A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c222d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 34, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.141 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56665',
    500: '#8c222d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c222d;
$custom-light: #b56665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c222d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.774,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42774,
    "c": 0.14069,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C222D

secondary

#51B9AE

accent

#E4D344

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C222D

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

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