#8B2622#8B2622

#8B2622 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.137 H 26.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2622
RGB	rgb(139, 38, 34)
HSL	hsl(2, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(2, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.79, 42.24, 27.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.79, 50.41, 33.07°)
OKLab	oklab(42.82% 0.1221 0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(42.82% 0.137 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.6306, 6.9924, 2.2503)
Luminance	0.0699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2622 #22878B

analogous

#8B2253 #8B2622 #8B5B22

triadic

#8B2622 #228B26 #26228B

tetradic

#8B2622 #538B22 #22878B #5B228B

square

#8B2622 #538B22 #22878B #5B228B

split-complementary

#8B2622 #228B5B #22538B

monochromatic

#290B0A #5A1916 #8B2622 #BC332E #D55853

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.76

#8B2622 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8B2622 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2622

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2622	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2622	1.00	8.76	2.40	8.76
#FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433D21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C531E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990126

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2622;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 38, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.137 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4685d',
    500: '#8b2622',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2622;
$custom-light: #b4685d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2622",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.286,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42823,
    "c": 0.13692,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2622

secondary

#50B5B8

accent

#DEE444

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2622

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

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