#8B2722#8B2722

#8B2722 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.136 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2722
RGB	rgb(139, 39, 34)
HSL	hsl(3, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(3, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.94, 41.84, 27.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.94, 50.16, 33.49°)
OKLab	oklab(42.93% 0.1208 0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(42.93% 0.136 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.6630, 7.0572, 2.2611)
Luminance	0.0706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2722 #22868B

analogous

#8B2252 #8B2722 #8B5C22

triadic

#8B2722 #228B27 #27228B

tetradic

#8B2722 #528B22 #22868B #5C228B

square

#8B2722 #528B22 #22868B #5C228B

split-complementary

#8B2722 #228B5C #22528B

monochromatic

#290B0A #5A1916 #8B2722 #BC352E #D55953

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.71

#8B2722 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8B2722 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2722

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2722	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2722	1.00	8.71	2.41	8.71
#FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443D21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D531E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990327

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2722;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 39, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.136 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4685d',
    500: '#8b2722',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2722;
$custom-light: #b4685d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2722",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.857,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42933,
    "c": 0.13596,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2722

secondary

#50B4B8

accent

#DCE444

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2722

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

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