#8B2214#8B2214

#8B2214 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.143 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2214
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 20)
HSL	hsl(7, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(7, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 85.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.08, 43.27, 34.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.08, 55.55, 38.83°)
OKLab	oklab(42.25% 0.1224 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(42.25% 0.143 31)
XYZ	xyz(11.3471, 6.6853, 1.3546)
Luminance	0.0668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2214 #147D8B

analogous

#8B1441 #8B2214 #8B5D14

triadic

#8B2214 #148B22 #22148B

tetradic

#8B2214 #418B14 #147D8B #5D148B

square

#8B2214 #418B14 #147D8B #5D148B

split-complementary

#8B2214 #148B5D #14418B

monochromatic

#200805 #55150C #8B2214 #C12F1C #E24B37

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.99

#8B2214 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8B2214 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2214

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2214	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2214	1.00	8.99	2.34	8.99
#FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423A11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C520E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2214;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.143 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66553',
    500: '#8b2214',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2214;
$custom-light: #b66553;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2214",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.059,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42245,
    "c": 0.14275,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.06684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2214

secondary

#3CB0BF

accent

#DBF136

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2214

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

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