#8B2322#8B2322

#8B2322 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.140 H 25.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2322
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 34)
HSL	hsl(1, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(1, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.37, 43.41, 27.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.37, 51.14, 31.91°)
OKLab	oklab(42.51% 0.1258 0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(42.51% 0.14 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.5385, 6.8083, 2.2196)
Luminance	0.0681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2322 #228A8B

analogous

#8B2256 #8B2322 #8B5822

triadic

#8B2322 #228B23 #23228B

tetradic

#8B2322 #568B22 #228A8B #58228B

square

#8B2322 #568B22 #228A8B #58228B

split-complementary

#8B2322 #228B58 #22568B

monochromatic

#290A0A #5A1716 #8B2322 #BC2F2E #D55453

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.89

#8B2322 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8B2322 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2322

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2322	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2322	1.00	8.89	2.36	8.89
#FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423B21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B521E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2322;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.140 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5665d',
    500: '#8b2322',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2322;
$custom-light: #b5665d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2322",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.571,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42507,
    "c": 0.13976,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2322

secondary

#50B7B8

accent

#E2E444

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2322

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

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