#8B2232#8B2232

#8B2232 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.140 H 17.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2232
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 50)
HSL	hsl(351, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(351, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 64%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.50, 44.68, 16.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.50, 47.80, 20.82°)
OKLab	oklab(42.69% 0.1333 0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(42.69% 0.14 17.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.7964, 6.8650, 3.7209)
Luminance	0.0686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2232 #228B7B

analogous

#8B2267 #8B2232 #8B4722

triadic

#8B2232 #328B22 #22328B

tetradic

#8B2232 #678B22 #228B7B #47228B

square

#8B2232 #678B22 #228B7B #47228B

split-complementary

#8B2232 #228B47 #22678B

monochromatic

#290A0F #5A1620 #8B2232 #BC2E44 #D55366

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85

#8B2232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8B2232 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2232

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2232	1.00	8.85	2.37	8.85
#FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3C32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A522F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.140 17.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36669',
    500: '#8b2232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2232;
$custom-light: #b36669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.857,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4269,
    "c": 0.13951,
    "h": 17.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2232

secondary

#50B8A9

accent

#E4CB44

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2232

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

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