#8B222D#8B222D

#8B222D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.140 H 20.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B222D
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 45)
HSL	hsl(354, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(354, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 67.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.40, 44.36, 20.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.40, 48.71, 24.39°)
OKLab	oklab(42.59% 0.1313 0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(42.59% 0.14 20)
XYZ	xyz(11.6944, 6.8242, 3.1835)
Luminance	0.0682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B222D #228B80

analogous

#8B2262 #8B222D #8B4C22

triadic

#8B222D #2D8B22 #222D8B

tetradic

#8B222D #628B22 #228B80 #4C228B

square

#8B222D #628B22 #228B80 #4C228B

split-complementary

#8B222D #228B4C #22628B

monochromatic

#290A0D #5A161D #8B222D #BC2E3D #D55360

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.88

#8B222D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8B222D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B222D

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B222D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B222D	1.00	8.88	2.36	8.88
#FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403C2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A522A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b222d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.140 20.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46665',
    500: '#8b222d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b222d;
$custom-light: #b46665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b222d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.714,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4259,
    "c": 0.13964,
    "h": 20
  },
  "luminance": 0.06822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B222D

secondary

#50B8AE

accent

#E4D344

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B222D

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

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