#8B221E#8B221E

#8B221E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.141 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B221E
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 30)
HSL	hsl(2, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(2, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 78.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.18, 43.61, 29.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.18, 52.52, 33.85°)
OKLab	oklab(42.35% 0.1255 0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(42.35% 0.141 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.4552, 6.7285, 1.9236)
Luminance	0.0673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B221E #1E878B

analogous

#8B1E50 #8B221E #8B581E

triadic

#8B221E #1E8B22 #221E8B

tetradic

#8B221E #508B1E #1E878B #581E8B

square

#8B221E #508B1E #1E878B #581E8B

split-complementary

#8B221E #1E8B58 #1E508B

monochromatic

#260908 #591613 #8B221E #BD2E29 #D8504B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.95

#8B221E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8B221E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B221E

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B221E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B221E	1.00	8.95	2.35	8.95
#FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413B1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B521A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b221e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.141 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5665a',
    500: '#8b221e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b221e;
$custom-light: #b5665a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b221e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.202,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42352,
    "c": 0.14123,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B221E

secondary

#4AB7BB

accent

#E1E740

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B221E

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

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