#8B2235#8B2235

#8B2235 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.140 H 15.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2235
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 53)
HSL	hsl(349, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(349, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 61.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.56, 44.88, 15.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.56, 47.36, 18.61°)
OKLab	oklab(42.76% 0.1346 0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(42.76% 0.14 15.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.8633, 6.8918, 4.0730)
Luminance	0.0689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2235 #228B78

analogous

#8B226A #8B2235 #8B4422

triadic

#8B2235 #358B22 #22358B

tetradic

#8B2235 #6A8B22 #228B78 #44228B

square

#8B2235 #6A8B22 #228B78 #44228B

split-complementary

#8B2235 #228B44 #226A8B

monochromatic

#290A10 #5A1622 #8B2235 #BC2E48 #D5536A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#8B2235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8B2235 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2235

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2235	1.00	8.83	2.38	8.83
#FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.140 15.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3666c',
    500: '#8b2235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2235;
$custom-light: #b3666c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.143,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42756,
    "c": 0.13956,
    "h": 15.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2235

secondary

#50B8A6

accent

#E4C744

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2235

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

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