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#882222

#882222

Reds · #822 is the three-digit shorthand for #882222. In CSS the two notations mean the same color.

HEX#882222
RGB136, 34, 34
HSL0°, 60%, 33%
CMYK0%, 75%, 75%, 47%
Relative luminance0.06

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Text contrast

Aa

On white

9.14:1 Passes AA

Aa

On black

2.3:1 Below AA

Colours that work with it

Complement

#228787

Analogous

#872254#875422

Triadic

#228722#222287

Shade scale

50100200300400500600700800

Seen with colour blindness

ProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia

How to read this

  • A hex code writes red, green and blue as two hexadecimal digits each. #ff0000 is red at full strength and the others at zero.
  • HSL states hue (0–360°), saturation and lightness. Nudging a colour brighter means changing one number, which is why it is easier to work with by hand.
  • Text contrast follows WCAG. Body-size text needs 4.5:1 or better, and 21:1 between white and black is the maximum possible.
  • The colour-blindness row computes how this colour appears under three types of colour vision deficiency — the reason never to encode information in colour alone.

Frequently asked questions

Q. Are #822 and #882222 the same color?

Yes. CSS doubles each digit of a three-digit hex, so #822 expands to #882222. Only 4,096 colors can be written in three digits, and this is one of them.

Q. What text color works on #882222?

White text. Contrast against white is 9.14:1 and against black 2.3:1, so pick the larger one — WCAG asks for 4.5:1 at body size.

Q. Which named color is closest to #882222?

Burnt umber. It is not an exact match, so where color matters use the hex code itself rather than the name.

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