#8B2227#8B2227

#8B2227 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.140 H 23.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2227
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 39)
HSL	hsl(357, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(357, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 71.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.30, 44.03, 23.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.30, 50.06, 28.43°)
OKLab	oklab(42.48% 0.1288 0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(42.48% 0.14 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.5870, 6.7813, 2.6179)
Luminance	0.0678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2227 #228B86

analogous

#8B225C #8B2227 #8B5222

triadic

#8B2227 #278B22 #22278B

tetradic

#8B2227 #5C8B22 #228B86 #52228B

square

#8B2227 #5C8B22 #228B86 #52228B

split-complementary

#8B2227 #228B52 #225C8B

monochromatic

#290A0B #5A1619 #8B2227 #BC2E35 #D55359

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.91

#8B2227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8B2227 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2227

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2227	1.00	8.91	2.36	8.91
#FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403B26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5224

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.140 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46661',
    500: '#8b2227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2227;
$custom-light: #b46661;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.143,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42483,
    "c": 0.1401,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2227

secondary

#50B8B4

accent

#E4DC44

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2227

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

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