#8B2223#8B2223

#8B2223 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.141 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2223
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 35)
HSL	hsl(359, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(359, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 74.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.25, 43.83, 26.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.25, 51.10, 30.94°)
OKLab	oklab(42.42% 0.1273 0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(42.42% 0.141 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.5242, 6.7561, 2.2870)
Luminance	0.0675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2223 #228B8A

analogous

#8B2258 #8B2223 #8B5622

triadic

#8B2223 #238B22 #22238B

tetradic

#8B2223 #588B22 #228B8A #56228B

square

#8B2223 #588B22 #228B8A #56228B

split-complementary

#8B2223 #228B56 #22588B

monochromatic

#290A0A #5A1617 #8B2223 #BC2E2F #D55354

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.93

#8B2223 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8B2223 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2223

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2223	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2223	1.00	8.93	2.35	8.93
#FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413B22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B521F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2223;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.141 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4665e',
    500: '#8b2223',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2223;
$custom-light: #b4665e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2223",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.429,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42421,
    "c": 0.14055,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2223

secondary

#50B8B7

accent

#E4E244

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2223

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

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