#8B2230#8B2230

#8B2230 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.140 H 18.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2230
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 48)
HSL	hsl(352, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(352, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 65.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.46, 44.54, 18.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.46, 48.14, 22.27°)
OKLab	oklab(42.65% 0.1325 0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(42.65% 0.14 18.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.7542, 6.8482, 3.4986)
Luminance	0.0685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2230 #228B7D

analogous

#8B2265 #8B2230 #8B4922

triadic

#8B2230 #308B22 #22308B

tetradic

#8B2230 #658B22 #228B7D #49228B

square

#8B2230 #658B22 #228B7D #49228B

split-complementary

#8B2230 #228B49 #22658B

monochromatic

#290A0E #5A161F #8B2230 #BC2E41 #D55364

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#8B2230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8B2230 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2230

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2230	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3C30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A522D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.140 18.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36668',
    500: '#8b2230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2230;
$custom-light: #b36668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42649,
    "c": 0.13953,
    "h": 18.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2230

secondary

#50B8AB

accent

#E4CF44

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2230

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

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