#8B2225#8B2225

#8B2225 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.140 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2225
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 37)
HSL	hsl(358, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(358, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 73.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.27, 43.92, 25.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.27, 50.57, 29.71°)
OKLab	oklab(42.45% 0.1281 0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(42.45% 0.14 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.5547, 6.7684, 2.4479)
Luminance	0.0677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2225 #228B88

analogous

#8B225A #8B2225 #8B5422

triadic

#8B2225 #258B22 #22258B

tetradic

#8B2225 #5A8B22 #228B88 #54228B

square

#8B2225 #5A8B22 #228B88 #54228B

split-complementary

#8B2225 #228B54 #225A8B

monochromatic

#290A0B #5A1618 #8B2225 #BC2E32 #D55356

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.92

#8B2225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8B2225 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2225

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2225	1.00	8.92	2.35	8.92
#FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413B24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5221

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.140 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4665f',
    500: '#8b2225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2225;
$custom-light: #b4665f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.286,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42451,
    "c": 0.14031,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2225

secondary

#50B8B6

accent

#E4DF44

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2225

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

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