#8C222E#8C222E

#8C222E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.141 H 19.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C222E
RGB	rgb(140, 34, 46)
HSL	hsl(353, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(353, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.7%, 67.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.62, 44.74, 19.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.62, 48.92, 23.85°)
OKLab	oklab(42.79% 0.1326 0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(42.79% 0.141 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.8817, 6.9185, 3.2940)
Luminance	0.0692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C222E #228C80

analogous

#8C2263 #8C222E #8C4B22

triadic

#8C222E #2E8C22 #222E8C

tetradic

#8C222E #638C22 #228C80 #4B228C

square

#8C222E #638C22 #228C80 #4B228C

split-complementary

#8C222E #228C4B #22638C

monochromatic

#2A0A0E #5B161E #8C222E #BD2E3E #D55362

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#8C222E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8C222E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C222E

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C222E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C222E	1.00	8.81	2.38	8.81
#FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B532B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c222e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 34, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.141 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46666',
    500: '#8c222e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c222e;
$custom-light: #b46666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c222e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.208,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42793,
    "c": 0.14064,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C222E

secondary

#51B9AD

accent

#E4D244

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C222E

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

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