#8B2236#8B2236

#8B2236 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.140 H 14.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2236
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 54)
HSL	hsl(349, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(349, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 61.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.58, 44.95, 14.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.58, 47.23, 17.86°)
OKLab	oklab(42.78% 0.135 0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(42.78% 0.14 14.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.8865, 6.9011, 4.1955)
Luminance	0.0690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2236 #228B77

analogous

#8B226B #8B2236 #8B4222

triadic

#8B2236 #368B22 #22368B

tetradic

#8B2236 #6B8B22 #228B77 #42228B

square

#8B2236 #6B8B22 #228B77 #42228B

split-complementary

#8B2236 #228B42 #226B8B

monochromatic

#290A10 #5A1623 #8B2236 #BC2E49 #D5536B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#8B2236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8B2236 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2236

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2236	1.00	8.82	2.38	8.82
#FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3C36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.140 14.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3666c',
    500: '#8b2236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2236;
$custom-light: #b3666c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.571,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42779,
    "c": 0.1396,
    "h": 14.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2236

secondary

#50B8A5

accent

#E4C544

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2236

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

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