#8B2226#8B2226

#8B2226 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.140 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2226
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 38)
HSL	hsl(358, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(358, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 72.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.29, 43.98, 24.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.29, 50.31, 29.07°)
OKLab	oklab(42.47% 0.1285 0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(42.47% 0.14 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.5706, 6.7747, 2.5317)
Luminance	0.0677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2226 #228B87

analogous

#8B225B #8B2226 #8B5322

triadic

#8B2226 #268B22 #22268B

tetradic

#8B2226 #5B8B22 #228B87 #53228B

square

#8B2226 #5B8B22 #228B87 #53228B

split-complementary

#8B2226 #228B53 #225B8B

monochromatic

#290A0B #5A1619 #8B2226 #BC2E33 #D55358

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.92

#8B2226 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8B2226 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2226

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2226	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2226	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)

#413B25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5223

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2226;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.140 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46660',
    500: '#8b2226',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2226;
$custom-light: #b46660;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2226",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.714,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42467,
    "c": 0.1402,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2226

secondary

#50B8B5

accent

#E4DE44

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2226

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

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