#8B221F#8B221F

#8B221F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.141 H 26.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B221F
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 31)
HSL	hsl(2, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(2, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 77.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.19, 43.65, 28.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.19, 52.23, 33.29°)
OKLab	oklab(42.37% 0.1258 0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(42.37% 0.141 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.4681, 6.7337, 1.9919)
Luminance	0.0673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B221F #1F888B

analogous

#8B1F52 #8B221F #8B581F

triadic

#8B221F #1F8B22 #221F8B

tetradic

#8B221F #528B1F #1F888B #581F8B

square

#8B221F #528B1F #1F888B #581F8B

split-complementary

#8B221F #1F8B58 #1F528B

monochromatic

#270A09 #591614 #8B221F #BD2E2A #D7514D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.95

#8B221F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8B221F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B221F

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B221F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B221F	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)

#413B1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B521B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b221f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.141 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5665b',
    500: '#8b221f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b221f;
$custom-light: #b5665b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b221f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.667,
    "s": 63.529,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42365,
    "c": 0.14109,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B221F

secondary

#4CB7BA

accent

#E2E741

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B221F

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

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