#8B2522#8B2522

#8B2522 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.138 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2522
RGB	rgb(139, 37, 34)
HSL	hsl(2, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(2, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.65, 42.64, 27.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.65, 50.66, 32.68°)
OKLab	oklab(42.72% 0.1233 0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(42.72% 0.138 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.5991, 6.9294, 2.2398)
Luminance	0.0693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2522 #22888B

analogous

#8B2254 #8B2522 #8B5A22

triadic

#8B2522 #228B25 #25228B

tetradic

#8B2522 #548B22 #22888B #5A228B

square

#8B2522 #548B22 #22888B #5A228B

split-complementary

#8B2522 #228B5A #22548B

monochromatic

#290B0A #5A1816 #8B2522 #BC322E #D55653

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#8B2522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8B2522 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2522

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2522	1.00	8.80	2.39	8.80
#FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433C21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C531E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 37, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.138 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4675d',
    500: '#8b2522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2522;
$custom-light: #b4675d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.714,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42715,
    "c": 0.13788,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2522

secondary

#50B6B8

accent

#DFE444

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2522

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

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