#8B2218#8B2218

#8B2218 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.142 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2218
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 24)
HSL	hsl(5, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(5, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 82.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.12, 43.39, 32.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.12, 54.32, 36.99°)
OKLab	oklab(42.28% 0.1235 0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(42.28% 0.142 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.3857, 6.7008, 1.5578)
Luminance	0.0670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2218 #18818B

analogous

#8B1848 #8B2218 #8B5B18

triadic

#8B2218 #188B22 #22188B

tetradic

#8B2218 #488B18 #18818B #5B188B

square

#8B2218 #488B18 #18818B #5B188B

split-complementary

#8B2218 #188B5B #18488B

monochromatic

#230806 #57150F #8B2218 #BF2F21 #DE4D3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#8B2218 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8B2218 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2218

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2218	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2218	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)

#423B16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5213

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2218;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.142 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56656',
    500: '#8b2218',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2218;
$custom-light: #b56656;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2218",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.217,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42283,
    "c": 0.14214,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2218

secondary

#40B3BE

accent

#DEED3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2218

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

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