#8B2233#8B2233

#8B2233 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.140 H 16.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2233
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 51)
HSL	hsl(350, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(350, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 63.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.52, 44.74, 16.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.52, 47.64, 20.09°)
OKLab	oklab(42.71% 0.1337 0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(42.71% 0.14 16.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.8182, 6.8738, 3.8358)
Luminance	0.0687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2233 #228B7A

analogous

#8B2268 #8B2233 #8B4622

triadic

#8B2233 #338B22 #22338B

tetradic

#8B2233 #688B22 #228B7A #46228B

square

#8B2233 #688B22 #228B7A #46228B

split-complementary

#8B2233 #228B46 #22688B

monochromatic

#290A0F #5A1621 #8B2233 #BC2E45 #D55368

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#8B2233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8B2233 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2233

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2233	1.00	8.84	2.37	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3C33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595230

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.140 16.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3666a',
    500: '#8b2233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2233;
$custom-light: #b3666a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.286,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42712,
    "c": 0.13951,
    "h": 16.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2233

secondary

#50B8A8

accent

#E4CA44

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2233

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

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