#8B212A#8B212A

#8B212A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.141 H 21.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B212A
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 42)
HSL	hsl(355, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(355, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 69.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.22, 44.55, 21.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.22, 49.61, 26.09°)
OKLab	oklab(42.44% 0.1312 0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(42.44% 0.141 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.6105, 6.7456, 2.8807)
Luminance	0.0674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B212A #218B82

analogous

#8B215F #8B212A #8B4D21

triadic

#8B212A #2A8B21 #212A8B

tetradic

#8B212A #5F8B21 #218B82 #4D218B

square

#8B212A #5F8B21 #218B82 #4D218B

split-complementary

#8B212A #218B4D #215F8B

monochromatic

#280A0C #5A151B #8B212A #BC2D39 #D6515C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#8B212A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8B212A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B212A

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B212A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B212A	1.00	8.94	2.35	8.94
#FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403B29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5227

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b212a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.141 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46663',
    500: '#8b212a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b212a;
$custom-light: #b46663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b212a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.906,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42437,
    "c": 0.14078,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B212A

secondary

#4FB9B0

accent

#E5D743

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B212A

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

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