#8D222C#8D222C

#8D222C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.142 H 20.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D222C
RGB	rgb(141, 34, 44)
HSL	hsl(354, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(354, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.9%, 68.8%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.79, 44.95, 21.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.79, 49.75, 25.38°)
OKLab	oklab(42.94% 0.1326 0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(42.94% 0.142 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.0125, 6.9904, 3.0991)
Luminance	0.0699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D222C #228D83

analogous

#8D2261 #8D222C #8D4E22

triadic

#8D222C #2C8D22 #222C8D

tetradic

#8D222C #618D22 #228D83 #4E228D

square

#8D222C #618D22 #228D83 #4E228D

split-complementary

#8D222C #228D4E #22618D

monochromatic

#2A0A0D #5C161D #8D222C #BE2E3B #D65460

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.76

#8D222C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8D222C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D222C

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D222C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D222C	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)

#413C2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5329

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d222c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 34, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.142 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56665',
    500: '#8d222c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d222c;
$custom-light: #b56665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d222c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.393,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4294,
    "c": 0.1418,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D222C

secondary

#51B9B0

accent

#E4D544

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D222C

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

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