#8B222C#8B222C

#8B222C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.140 H 20.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B222C
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 44)
HSL	hsl(354, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(354, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 68.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.39, 44.30, 20.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.39, 48.92, 25.09°)
OKLab	oklab(42.57% 0.1308 0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(42.57% 0.14 20.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.6754, 6.8166, 3.0833)
Luminance	0.0682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B222C #228B81

analogous

#8B2261 #8B222C #8B4D22

triadic

#8B222C #2C8B22 #222C8B

tetradic

#8B222C #618B22 #228B81 #4D228B

square

#8B222C #618B22 #228B81 #4D228B

split-complementary

#8B222C #228B4D #22618B

monochromatic

#290A0D #5A161C #8B222C #BC2E3C #D5535F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.89

#8B222C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8B222C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B222C

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B222C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B222C	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)

#403C2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b222c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.140 20.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46665',
    500: '#8b222c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b222c;
$custom-light: #b46665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b222c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.286,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42571,
    "c": 0.13969,
    "h": 20.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B222C

secondary

#50B8AF

accent

#E4D544

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B222C

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

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