#8B222E#8B222E

#8B222E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.140 H 19.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B222E
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 46)
HSL	hsl(353, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(353, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 66.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.42, 44.42, 19.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.42, 48.51, 23.69°)
OKLab	oklab(42.61% 0.1317 0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(42.61% 0.14 19.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.7139, 6.8320, 3.2861)
Luminance	0.0683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B222E #228B7F

analogous

#8B2263 #8B222E #8B4B22

triadic

#8B222E #2E8B22 #222E8B

tetradic

#8B222E #638B22 #228B7F #4B228B

square

#8B222E #638B22 #228B7F #4B228B

split-complementary

#8B222E #228B4B #22638B

monochromatic

#290A0D #5A161E #8B222E #BC2E3E #D55361

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.88

#8B222E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8B222E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B222E

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B222E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B222E	1.00	8.88	2.37	8.88
#FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A522B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b222e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.140 19.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46666',
    500: '#8b222e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b222e;
$custom-light: #b46666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b222e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.143,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42609,
    "c": 0.13959,
    "h": 19.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B222E

secondary

#50B8AD

accent

#E4D244

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B222E

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

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