#8B222B#8B222B

#8B222B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.140 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B222B
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 43)
HSL	hsl(355, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(355, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 69.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.37, 44.24, 21.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.37, 49.13, 25.77°)
OKLab	oklab(42.55% 0.1304 0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(42.55% 0.14 21)
XYZ	xyz(11.6568, 6.8092, 2.9855)
Luminance	0.0681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B222B #228B82

analogous

#8B2260 #8B222B #8B4E22

triadic

#8B222B #2B8B22 #222B8B

tetradic

#8B222B #608B22 #228B82 #4E228B

square

#8B222B #608B22 #228B82 #4E228B

split-complementary

#8B222B #228B4E #22608B

monochromatic

#290A0D #5A161C #8B222B #BC2E3A #D5535E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.89

#8B222B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8B222B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B222B

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B222B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B222B	1.00	8.89	2.36	8.89
#FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5228

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b222b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.140 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46664',
    500: '#8b222b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b222b;
$custom-light: #b46664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b222b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.857,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42552,
    "c": 0.13976,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.06807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B222B

secondary

#50B8B0

accent

#E4D644

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B222B

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

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