#8B2220#8B2220

#8B2220 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.141 H 26.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2220
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 32)
HSL	hsl(1, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(1, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 77%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.21, 43.70, 28.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.21, 51.94, 32.72°)
OKLab	oklab(42.38% 0.1262 0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(42.38% 0.141 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.4815, 6.7391, 2.0624)
Luminance	0.0674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2220 #20898B

analogous

#8B2053 #8B2220 #8B5720

triadic

#8B2220 #208B22 #22208B

tetradic

#8B2220 #538B20 #20898B #57208B

square

#8B2220 #538B20 #20898B #57208B

split-complementary

#8B2220 #208B57 #20538B

monochromatic

#280A09 #591615 #8B2220 #BD2E2B #D6514F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.95

#8B2220 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8B2220 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2220

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2220	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2220	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)

#413B1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B521C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2220;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.141 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5665c',
    500: '#8b2220',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2220;
$custom-light: #b5665c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2220",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.121,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42379,
    "c": 0.14095,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2220

secondary

#4DB8BA

accent

#E3E642

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2220

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

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