#8B2238#8B2238

#8B2238 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.140 H 13.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2238
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 56)
HSL	hsl(347, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(347, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 59.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.62, 45.10, 13.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.62, 47.00, 16.35°)
OKLab	oklab(42.83% 0.1358 0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(42.83% 0.14 13.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.9345, 6.9203, 4.4479)
Luminance	0.0692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2238 #228B75

analogous

#8B226D #8B2238 #8B4122

triadic

#8B2238 #388B22 #22388B

tetradic

#8B2238 #6D8B22 #228B75 #41228B

square

#8B2238 #6D8B22 #228B75 #41228B

split-complementary

#8B2238 #228B41 #226D8B

monochromatic

#290A10 #5A1624 #8B2238 #BC2E4C #D5536E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#8B2238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8B2238 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2238

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2238	1.00	8.81	2.38	8.81
#FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3D38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98022B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.140 13.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3666e',
    500: '#8b2238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2238;
$custom-light: #b3666e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.429,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42825,
    "c": 0.13971,
    "h": 13.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2238

secondary

#50B8A3

accent

#E4C244

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2238

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

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