#8B2216#8B2216

#8B2216 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.142 H 30.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8B2216
RGBrgb(139, 34, 22)
HSLhsl(6, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(6, 84%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 75.5%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(31.10, 43.33, 33.77)
CIE-LCHlch(31.10, 54.94, 37.93°)
OKLaboklab(42.26% 0.1229 0.072)
OKLCHoklch(42.26% 0.142 30.4)
XYZxyz(11.3657, 6.6927, 1.4523)
Luminance0.0669 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8B2216 #167F8B
analogous
#8B1645 #8B2216 #8B5D16
triadic
#8B2216 #168B22 #22168B
tetradic
#8B2216 #458B16 #167F8B #5D168B
square
#8B2216 #458B16 #167F8B #5D168B
split-complementary
#8B2216 #168B5D #16458B
monochromatic
#210805 #56150E #8B2216 #C02F1E #E04C3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98
#8B2216 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34
#8B2216 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2216
8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8B2216#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8B22161.008.982.348.98
#FFFFFF8.981.0021.001.00
#0000002.3421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.981.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#423A13
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5C5211
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9A0020
Achromatopsia (no color)
#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8b2216;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.142 30.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56655',
    500: '#8b2216',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8b2216;
$custom-light: #b56655;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8b2216",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.154,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42263,
    "c": 0.14245,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8B2216
secondary
#3EB2BF
accent
#DDEF38
background
#FCF6F4
surface
#F8EBE8
border
#D1C6C4
text
#130603
muted
#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2216

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#8B2216 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva