#8B221B#8B221B

#8B221B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.142 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B221B
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 27)
HSL	hsl(4, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(4, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.15, 43.50, 30.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.15, 53.41, 35.47°)
OKLab	oklab(42.32% 0.1245 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(42.32% 0.142 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.4187, 6.7139, 1.7314)
Luminance	0.0671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B221B #1B848B

analogous

#8B1B4C #8B221B #8B5A1B

triadic

#8B221B #1B8B22 #221B8B

tetradic

#8B221B #4C8B1B #1B848B #5A1B8B

square

#8B221B #4C8B1B #1B848B #5A1B8B

split-complementary

#8B221B #1B8B5A #1B4C8B

monochromatic

#250907 #581511 #8B221B #BE2F25 #DB4F45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.97

#8B221B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8B221B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B221B

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B221B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B221B	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)

#423B19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5216

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b221b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.142 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56658',
    500: '#8b221b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b221b;
$custom-light: #b56658;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b221b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.75,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42316,
    "c": 0.14168,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B221B

secondary

#45B5BC

accent

#E0EA3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B221B

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

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