#8D222B#8D222B

#8D222B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.142 H 21.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D222B
RGB	rgb(141, 34, 43)
HSL	hsl(355, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(355, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.9%, 69.5%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.77, 44.89, 21.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.77, 49.97, 26.05°)
OKLab	oklab(42.92% 0.1322 0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(42.92% 0.142 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.9939, 6.9830, 3.0013)
Luminance	0.0698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D222B #228D84

analogous

#8D2261 #8D222B #8D4F22

triadic

#8D222B #2B8D22 #222B8D

tetradic

#8D222B #618D22 #228D84 #4F228D

square

#8D222B #618D22 #228D84 #4F228D

split-complementary

#8D222B #228D4F #22618D

monochromatic

#2A0A0D #5C161C #8D222B #BE2E3A #D6545F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.76

#8D222B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8D222B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D222B

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D222B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D222B	1.00	8.76	2.40	8.76
#FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5328

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d222b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 34, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.142 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56664',
    500: '#8d222b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d222b;
$custom-light: #b56664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d222b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.953,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42922,
    "c": 0.14187,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D222B

secondary

#51B9B1

accent

#E4D744

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D222B

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

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