#8B212C#8B212C

#8B212C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.141 H 20.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B212C
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 44)
HSL	hsl(354, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(354, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 68.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.25, 44.67, 20.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.25, 49.18, 24.73°)
OKLab	oklab(42.47% 0.132 0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(42.47% 0.141 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.6472, 6.7603, 3.0740)
Luminance	0.0676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B212C #218B80

analogous

#8B2161 #8B212C #8B4B21

triadic

#8B212C #2C8B21 #212C8B

tetradic

#8B212C #618B21 #218B80 #4B218B

square

#8B212C #618B21 #218B80 #4B218B

split-complementary

#8B212C #218B4B #21618B

monochromatic

#280A0D #5A151C #8B212C #BC2D3C #D6515F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.93

#8B212C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8B212C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B212C

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B212C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B212C	1.00	8.93	2.35	8.93
#FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3B2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b212c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.141 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46665',
    500: '#8b212c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b212c;
$custom-light: #b46665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b212c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.774,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42473,
    "c": 0.14065,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B212C

secondary

#4FB9AE

accent

#E5D443

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B212C

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

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