#8B2124#8B2124

#8B2124 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.141 H 24.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2124
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 36)
HSL	hsl(358, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(358, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 74.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.13, 44.24, 25.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.13, 51.07, 29.97°)
OKLab	oklab(42.34% 0.1288 0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(42.34% 0.141 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.5111, 6.7058, 2.3570)
Luminance	0.0670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2124 #218B88

analogous

#8B2159 #8B2124 #8B5321

triadic

#8B2124 #248B21 #21248B

tetradic

#8B2124 #598B21 #218B88 #53218B

square

#8B2124 #598B21 #218B88 #53218B

split-complementary

#8B2124 #218B53 #21598B

monochromatic

#280A0A #5A1517 #8B2124 #BC2D31 #D65155

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.97

#8B2124 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8B2124 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2124

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2124	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2124	1.00	8.97	2.34	8.97
#FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403B23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5220

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2124;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.141 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4655f',
    500: '#8b2124',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2124;
$custom-light: #b4655f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2124",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.302,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42338,
    "c": 0.14135,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2124

secondary

#4FB9B6

accent

#E5E043

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2124

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

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