#8B2234#8B2234

#8B2234 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.140 H 16.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2234
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 52)
HSL	hsl(350, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(350, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 62.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.54, 44.81, 15.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.54, 47.49, 19.35°)
OKLab	oklab(42.73% 0.1342 0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(42.73% 0.14 16)
XYZ	xyz(11.8405, 6.8827, 3.9532)
Luminance	0.0688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2234 #228B79

analogous

#8B2269 #8B2234 #8B4522

triadic

#8B2234 #348B22 #22348B

tetradic

#8B2234 #698B22 #228B79 #45228B

square

#8B2234 #698B22 #228B79 #45228B

split-complementary

#8B2234 #228B45 #22698B

monochromatic

#290A0F #5A1622 #8B2234 #BC2E46 #D55369

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#8B2234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8B2234 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2234

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2234	1.00	8.84	2.38	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3C34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.140 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3666b',
    500: '#8b2234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2234;
$custom-light: #b3666b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.714,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42733,
    "c": 0.13953,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.06881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2234

secondary

#50B8A7

accent

#E4C844

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2234

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

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