#8B2219#8B2219

#8B2219 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.142 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2219
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 25)
HSL	hsl(5, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(5, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 82%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.13, 43.43, 32.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.13, 54.02, 36.49°)
OKLab	oklab(42.29% 0.1238 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(42.29% 0.142 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.3963, 6.7050, 1.6136)
Luminance	0.0670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2219 #19828B

analogous

#8B1949 #8B2219 #8B5B19

triadic

#8B2219 #198B22 #22198B

tetradic

#8B2219 #498B19 #19828B #5B198B

square

#8B2219 #498B19 #19828B #5B198B

split-complementary

#8B2219 #198B5B #19498B

monochromatic

#230906 #571510 #8B2219 #BF2F22 #DD4E41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.97

#8B2219 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8B2219 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2219

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2219	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2219	1.00	8.97	2.34	8.97
#FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423B17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5214

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2219;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.142 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56657',
    500: '#8b2219',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2219;
$custom-light: #b56657;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2219",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.737,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42294,
    "c": 0.14199,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2219

secondary

#42B4BE

accent

#DEEC3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2219

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

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