#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
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 22)
HSL	hsl(6, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(6, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.10, 43.33, 33.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.10, 54.94, 37.93°)
OKLab	oklab(42.26% 0.1229 0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(42.26% 0.142 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.3657, 6.6927, 1.4523)
Luminance	0.0669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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
##8B2216	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

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

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