#8B223C#8B223C

#8B223C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.140 H 11.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B223C
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 60)
HSL	hsl(345, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(345, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 56.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.72, 45.40, 10.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.72, 46.65, 13.30°)
OKLab	oklab(42.93% 0.1375 0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(42.93% 0.14 11.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.0362, 6.9610, 4.9839)
Luminance	0.0696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B223C #228B71

analogous

#8B2271 #8B223C #8B3D22

triadic

#8B223C #3C8B22 #223C8B

tetradic

#8B223C #718B22 #228B71 #3D228B

square

#8B223C #718B22 #228B71 #3D228B

split-complementary

#8B223C #228B3D #22718B

monochromatic

#290A12 #5A1627 #8B223C #BC2E51 #D55373

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#8B223C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8B223C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B223C

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B223C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B223C	1.00	8.78	2.39	8.78
#FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3D3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98042D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b223c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.140 11.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36671',
    500: '#8b223c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b223c;
$custom-light: #b36671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b223c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.143,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42925,
    "c": 0.1401,
    "h": 11.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B223C

secondary

#50B89F

accent

#E4BC44

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B223C

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

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