#8B2022#8B2022

#8B2022 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.142 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2022
RGB	rgb(139, 32, 34)
HSL	hsl(359, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(359, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.97, 44.51, 26.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.97, 51.84, 30.85°)
OKLab	oklab(42.21% 0.1292 0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(42.21% 0.142 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.4540, 6.6393, 2.1915)
Luminance	0.0664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2022 #208B89

analogous

#8B2057 #8B2022 #8B5320

triadic

#8B2022 #228B20 #20228B

tetradic

#8B2022 #578B20 #208B89 #53208B

square

#8B2022 #578B20 #208B89 #53208B

split-complementary

#8B2022 #208B53 #20578B

monochromatic

#28090A #591516 #8B2022 #BD2B2E #D64F51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.02

#8B2022 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8B2022 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2022

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2022	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2022	1.00	9.02	2.33	9.02
#FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403A21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B511E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2022;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 32, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.142 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5655d',
    500: '#8b2022',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2022;
$custom-light: #b5655d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2022",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.879,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42213,
    "c": 0.14247,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2022

secondary

#4DBAB8

accent

#E6E342

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2022

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

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