#8B221A#8B221A

#8B221A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.142 H 28.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B221A
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 26)
HSL	hsl(4, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(4, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 81.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.14, 43.46, 31.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.14, 53.71, 35.99°)
OKLab	oklab(42.31% 0.1242 0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(42.31% 0.142 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.4073, 6.7094, 1.6715)
Luminance	0.0671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B221A #1A838B

analogous

#8B1A4A #8B221A #8B5B1A

triadic

#8B221A #1A8B22 #221A8B

tetradic

#8B221A #4A8B1A #1A838B #5B1A8B

square

#8B221A #4A8B1A #1A838B #5B1A8B

split-complementary

#8B221A #1A8B5B #1A4A8B

monochromatic

#240907 #571510 #8B221A #BF2F24 #DC4E43

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.97

#8B221A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8B221A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B221A

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B221A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B221A	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)

#423B18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5215

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b221a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.142 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56657',
    500: '#8b221a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b221a;
$custom-light: #b56657;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b221a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.248,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42305,
    "c": 0.14183,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B221A

secondary

#44B4BD

accent

#DFEB3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B221A

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

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