#8B2237#8B2237

#8B2237 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.140 H 14.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2237
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 55)
HSL	hsl(348, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(348, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 60.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.60, 45.02, 13.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.60, 47.11, 17.11°)
OKLab	oklab(42.8% 0.1354 0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(42.8% 0.14 14.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.9103, 6.9106, 4.3204)
Luminance	0.0691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2237 #228B76

analogous

#8B226C #8B2237 #8B4222

triadic

#8B2237 #378B22 #22378B

tetradic

#8B2237 #6C8B22 #228B76 #42228B

square

#8B2237 #6C8B22 #228B76 #42228B

split-complementary

#8B2237 #228B42 #226C8B

monochromatic

#290A10 #5A1624 #8B2237 #BC2E4A #D5536D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#8B2237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8B2237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2237

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2237	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)

#3E3D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98012B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.140 14.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3666d',
    500: '#8b2237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2237;
$custom-light: #b3666d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42802,
    "c": 0.13965,
    "h": 14.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2237

secondary

#50B8A4

accent

#E4C444

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2237

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

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