#8D2224#8D2224

#8D2224 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.143 H 24.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2224
RGB	rgb(141, 34, 36)
HSL	hsl(359, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(359, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.9%, 74.5%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.66, 44.53, 26.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.66, 51.69, 30.50°)
OKLab	oklab(42.81% 0.1295 0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(42.81% 0.143 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.8763, 6.9360, 2.3822)
Luminance	0.0693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2224 #228D8B

analogous

#8D2259 #8D2224 #8D5622

triadic

#8D2224 #248D22 #22248D

tetradic

#8D2224 #598D22 #228D8B #56228D

square

#8D2224 #598D22 #228D8B #56228D

split-complementary

#8D2224 #228D56 #22598D

monochromatic

#2A0A0B #5C1617 #8D2224 #BE2E31 #D65456

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#8D2224 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8D2224 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2224

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2224	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2224	1.00	8.80	2.39	8.80
#FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423C23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5320

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2224;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 34, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.143 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6665f',
    500: '#8d2224',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2224;
$custom-light: #b6665f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2224",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.879,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42808,
    "c": 0.14254,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2224

secondary

#51B9B8

accent

#E4E144

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2224

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

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