#8B2822#8B2822

#8B2822 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.135 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2822
RGB	rgb(139, 40, 34)
HSL	hsl(3, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(3, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.2%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.09, 41.43, 27.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.09, 49.92, 33.91°)
OKLab	oklab(43.05% 0.1195 0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(43.05% 0.135 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.6963, 7.1238, 2.2722)
Luminance	0.0712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2822 #22858B

analogous

#8B2251 #8B2822 #8B5D22

triadic

#8B2822 #228B28 #28228B

tetradic

#8B2822 #518B22 #22858B #5D228B

square

#8B2822 #518B22 #22858B #5D228B

split-complementary

#8B2822 #228B5D #22518B

monochromatic

#290C0A #5A1A16 #8B2822 #BC362E #D55A53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.66

#8B2822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8B2822 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2822

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2822	1.00	8.66	2.42	8.66
#FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443E20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D531F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990628

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 40, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.135 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4695d',
    500: '#8b2822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2822;
$custom-light: #b4695d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.429,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43045,
    "c": 0.13498,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2822

secondary

#50B3B8

accent

#DBE444

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2822

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

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