#8D2228#8D2228

#8D2228 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.142 H 22.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2228
RGB	rgb(141, 34, 40)
HSL	hsl(357, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(357, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.9%, 71.6%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.72, 44.73, 23.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.72, 50.67, 28.01°)
OKLab	oklab(42.87% 0.131 0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(42.87% 0.142 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.9409, 6.9618, 2.7221)
Luminance	0.0696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2228 #228D87

analogous

#8D225D #8D2228 #8D5222

triadic

#8D2228 #288D22 #22288D

tetradic

#8D2228 #5D8D22 #228D87 #52228D

square

#8D2228 #5D8D22 #228D87 #52228D

split-complementary

#8D2228 #228D52 #225D8D

monochromatic

#2A0A0C #5C161A #8D2228 #BE2E36 #D6545B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#8D2228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8D2228 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2228

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2228	1.00	8.78	2.39	8.78
#FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413C27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5325

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 34, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.142 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66662',
    500: '#8d2228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2228;
$custom-light: #b66662;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.636,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42871,
    "c": 0.14211,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2228

secondary

#51B9B4

accent

#E4DB44

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2228

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

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