#8B2422#8B2422

#8B2422 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.139 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2422
RGB	rgb(139, 36, 34)
HSL	hsl(1, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(1, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.50, 43.03, 27.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.50, 50.90, 32.29°)
OKLab	oklab(42.61% 0.1245 0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(42.61% 0.139 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.5684, 6.8680, 2.2296)
Luminance	0.0687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2422 #22898B

analogous

#8B2255 #8B2422 #8B5922

triadic

#8B2422 #228B24 #24228B

tetradic

#8B2422 #558B22 #22898B #59228B

square

#8B2422 #558B22 #22898B #59228B

split-complementary

#8B2422 #228B59 #22558B

monochromatic

#290B0A #5A1716 #8B2422 #BC312E #D55553

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85

#8B2422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8B2422 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2422

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2422	1.00	8.85	2.37	8.85
#FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423C21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C521E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 36, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.139 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4675d',
    500: '#8b2422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2422;
$custom-light: #b4675d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.143,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4261,
    "c": 0.13883,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2422

secondary

#50B7B8

accent

#E1E444

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2422

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

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