#8B222F#8B222F

#8B222F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.140 H 18.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B222F
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 47)
HSL	hsl(353, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(353, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 66.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.44, 44.48, 18.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.44, 48.32, 22.98°)
OKLab	oklab(42.63% 0.1321 0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(42.63% 0.14 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.7338, 6.8400, 3.3912)
Luminance	0.0684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B222F #228B7E

analogous

#8B2264 #8B222F #8B4A22

triadic

#8B222F #2F8B22 #222F8B

tetradic

#8B222F #648B22 #228B7E #4A228B

square

#8B222F #648B22 #228B7E #4A228B

split-complementary

#8B222F #228B4A #22648B

monochromatic

#290A0E #5A161E #8B222F #BC2E40 #D55363

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.87

#8B222F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8B222F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B222F

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B222F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B222F	1.00	8.87	2.37	8.87
#FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3C2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A522C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b222f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.140 18.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46667',
    500: '#8b222f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b222f;
$custom-light: #b46667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b222f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.571,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42628,
    "c": 0.13955,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B222F

secondary

#50B8AC

accent

#E4D044

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B222F

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

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