#8B2122#8B2122

#8B2122 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.142 H 25.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2122
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 34)
HSL	hsl(359, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(359, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.10, 44.15, 26.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.10, 51.61, 31.19°)
OKLab	oklab(42.31% 0.1281 0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(42.31% 0.142 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.4814, 6.6939, 2.2006)
Luminance	0.0669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2122 #218B8A

analogous

#8B2157 #8B2122 #8B5521

triadic

#8B2122 #228B21 #21228B

tetradic

#8B2122 #578B21 #218B8A #55218B

square

#8B2122 #578B21 #218B8A #55218B

split-complementary

#8B2122 #218B55 #21578B

monochromatic

#280A0A #5A1516 #8B2122 #BC2D2E #D65152

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#8B2122 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8B2122 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2122

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2122	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2122	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403B21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B511E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2122;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.142 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5655d',
    500: '#8b2122',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2122;
$custom-light: #b5655d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2122",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.434,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42308,
    "c": 0.14159,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2122

secondary

#4FB9B8

accent

#E5E343

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2122

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

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