#8B2228#8B2228

#8B2228 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.140 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2228
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 40)
HSL	hsl(357, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(357, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 71.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.32, 44.08, 23.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.32, 49.82, 27.78°)
OKLab	oklab(42.5% 0.1292 0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(42.5% 0.14 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.6038, 6.7880, 2.7063)
Luminance	0.0679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2228 #228B85

analogous

#8B225D #8B2228 #8B5122

triadic

#8B2228 #288B22 #22288B

tetradic

#8B2228 #5D8B22 #228B85 #51228B

square

#8B2228 #5D8B22 #228B85 #51228B

split-complementary

#8B2228 #228B51 #225D8B

monochromatic

#290A0C #5A161A #8B2228 #BC2E36 #D5535A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.91

#8B2228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8B2228 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2228

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2228	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)

#403B27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5225

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.140 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46662',
    500: '#8b2228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2228;
$custom-light: #b46662;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.571,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.425,
    "c": 0.14,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2228

secondary

#50B8B3

accent

#E4DB44

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2228

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

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