#8B2922#8B2922

#8B2922 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.134 H 28.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2922
RGB	rgb(139, 41, 34)
HSL	hsl(4, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(4, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.24, 41.01, 28.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.24, 49.67, 34.34°)
OKLab	oklab(43.16% 0.1182 0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(43.16% 0.134 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.7304, 7.1921, 2.2836)
Luminance	0.0719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2922 #22848B

analogous

#8B2250 #8B2922 #8B5E22

triadic

#8B2922 #228B29 #29228B

tetradic

#8B2922 #508B22 #22848B #5E228B

square

#8B2922 #508B22 #22848B #5E228B

split-complementary

#8B2922 #228B5E #22508B

monochromatic

#290C0A #5A1A16 #8B2922 #BC382E #D55B53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.61

#8B2922 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8B2922 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2922

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2922	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2922	1.00	8.61	2.44	8.61
#FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453E20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D541F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990928

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2922;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 41, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.134 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4695d',
    500: '#8b2922',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2922;
$custom-light: #b4695d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2922",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4316,
    "c": 0.13399,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2922

secondary

#50B2B8

accent

#D9E444

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2922

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

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