#8B223A#8B223A

#8B223A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.140 H 12.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B223A
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 58)
HSL	hsl(346, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(346, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 58.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.67, 45.25, 11.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.67, 46.81, 14.83°)
OKLab	oklab(42.87% 0.1366 0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(42.87% 0.14 12.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.9844, 6.9402, 4.7107)
Luminance	0.0694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B223A #228B73

analogous

#8B226F #8B223A #8B3F22

triadic

#8B223A #3A8B22 #223A8B

tetradic

#8B223A #6F8B22 #228B73 #3F228B

square

#8B223A #6F8B22 #228B73 #3F228B

split-complementary

#8B223A #228B3F #226F8B

monochromatic

#290A11 #5A1625 #8B223A #BC2E4F #D55370

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#8B223A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8B223A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B223A

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B223A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B223A	1.00	8.79	2.39	8.79
#FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3D3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98032C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b223a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.140 12.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3666f',
    500: '#8b223a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b223a;
$custom-light: #b3666f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b223a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.286,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42874,
    "c": 0.13988,
    "h": 12.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B223A

secondary

#50B8A1

accent

#E4BF44

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B223A

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

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