#8D222E#8D222E

#8D222E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.142 H 19.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D222E
RGB	rgb(141, 34, 46)
HSL	hsl(353, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(353, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.9%, 67.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.82, 45.07, 20.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.82, 49.34, 24.02°)
OKLab	oklab(42.98% 0.1334 0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(42.98% 0.142 19.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.0510, 7.0058, 3.3019)
Luminance	0.0700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D222E #228D81

analogous

#8D2264 #8D222E #8D4C22

triadic

#8D222E #2E8D22 #222E8D

tetradic

#8D222E #648D22 #228D81 #4C228D

square

#8D222E #648D22 #228D81 #4C228D

split-complementary

#8D222E #228D4C #22648D

monochromatic

#2A0A0E #5C161E #8D222E #BE2E3E #D65462

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.75

#8D222E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8D222E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D222E

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D222E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D222E	1.00	8.75	2.40	8.75
#FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B532B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d222e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 34, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.142 19.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56666',
    500: '#8d222e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d222e;
$custom-light: #b56666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d222e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.271,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42978,
    "c": 0.14169,
    "h": 19.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D222E

secondary

#51B9AE

accent

#E4D244

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D222E

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

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