#8B222A#8B222A

#8B222A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.140 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B222A
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 42)
HSL	hsl(355, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(355, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 69.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.35, 44.19, 21.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.35, 49.35, 26.45°)
OKLab	oklab(42.54% 0.13 0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(42.54% 0.14 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.6387, 6.8019, 2.8901)
Luminance	0.0680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B222A #228B83

analogous

#8B225F #8B222A #8B4F22

triadic

#8B222A #2A8B22 #222A8B

tetradic

#8B222A #5F8B22 #228B83 #4F228B

square

#8B222A #5F8B22 #228B83 #4F228B

split-complementary

#8B222A #228B4F #225F8B

monochromatic

#290A0C #5A161B #8B222A #BC2E39 #D5535C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#8B222A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8B222A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B222A

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B222A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B222A	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)

#403B29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5227

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b222a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.140 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46663',
    500: '#8b222a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b222a;
$custom-light: #b46663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b222a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.429,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42535,
    "c": 0.13983,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B222A

secondary

#50B8B1

accent

#E4D844

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B222A

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

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