#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
RGBrgb(139, 34, 20)
HSLhsl(7, 75%, 31%)
HSVhsv(7, 86%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 75.5%, 85.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(31.08, 43.27, 34.83)
CIE-LCHlch(31.08, 55.55, 38.83°)
OKLaboklab(42.25% 0.1224 0.0735)
OKLCHoklch(42.25% 0.143 31)
XYZxyz(11.3471, 6.6853, 1.3546)
Luminance0.0668 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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
##8B22141.008.992.348.99
#FFFFFF8.991.0021.001.00
#0000002.3421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.991.0021.001.00

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

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#8B2214 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva