#8B221D#8B221D

#8B221D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.141 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B221D
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 29)
HSL	hsl(3, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(3, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 79.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.17, 43.57, 29.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.17, 52.81, 34.41°)
OKLab	oklab(42.34% 0.1251 0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(42.34% 0.141 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.4426, 6.7235, 1.8574)
Luminance	0.0672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B221D #1D868B

analogous

#8B1D4F #8B221D #8B591D

triadic

#8B221D #1D8B22 #221D8B

tetradic

#8B221D #4F8B1D #1D868B #591D8B

square

#8B221D #4F8B1D #1D868B #591D8B

split-complementary

#8B221D #1D8B59 #1D4F8B

monochromatic

#260908 #581612 #8B221D #BE2E28 #D95049

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.96

#8B221D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8B221D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B221D

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B221D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B221D	1.00	8.96	2.34	8.96
#FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413B1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5219

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b221d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.141 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56659',
    500: '#8b221d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b221d;
$custom-light: #b56659;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b221d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.727,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4234,
    "c": 0.14138,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B221D

secondary

#49B6BB

accent

#E1E83F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B221D

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

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