#8B2229#8B2229

#8B2229 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.140 H 22.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2229
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 41)
HSL	hsl(356, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(356, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 70.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.34, 44.13, 22.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.34, 49.58, 27.12°)
OKLab	oklab(42.52% 0.1296 0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(42.52% 0.14 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.6210, 6.7949, 2.7970)
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

#8B2229 #228B84

analogous

#8B225E #8B2229 #8B5022

triadic

#8B2229 #298B22 #22298B

tetradic

#8B2229 #5E8B22 #228B84 #50228B

square

#8B2229 #5E8B22 #228B84 #50228B

split-complementary

#8B2229 #228B50 #225E8B

monochromatic

#290A0C #5A161A #8B2229 #BC2E38 #D5535B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#8B2229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8B2229 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2229

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2229	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403B28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5226

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.140 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46662',
    500: '#8b2229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2229;
$custom-light: #b46662;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42517,
    "c": 0.13991,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2229

secondary

#50B8B2

accent

#E4D944

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2229

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

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