#8D2226#8D2226

#8D2226 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.142 H 23.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2226
RGB	rgb(141, 34, 38)
HSL	hsl(358, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(358, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.9%, 73%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.69, 44.63, 25.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.69, 51.17, 29.28°)
OKLab	oklab(42.84% 0.1303 0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(42.84% 0.142 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.9077, 6.9485, 2.5475)
Luminance	0.0695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2226 #228D89

analogous

#8D225C #8D2226 #8D5422

triadic

#8D2226 #268D22 #22268D

tetradic

#8D2226 #5C8D22 #228D89 #54228D

square

#8D2226 #5C8D22 #228D89 #54228D

split-complementary

#8D2226 #228D54 #225C8D

monochromatic

#2A0A0B #5C1619 #8D2226 #BE2E33 #D65459

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#8D2226 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8D2226 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2226

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2226	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2226	1.00	8.79	2.39	8.79
#FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413C25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5322

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2226;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 34, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.142 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66660',
    500: '#8d2226',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2226;
$custom-light: #b66660;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2226",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.757,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42838,
    "c": 0.14232,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2226

secondary

#51B9B6

accent

#E4DE44

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2226

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

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