#8B2C22#8B2C22

#8B2C22 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.131 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2C22
RGB	rgb(139, 44, 34)
HSL	hsl(6, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(6, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.72, 39.71, 28.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.72, 48.91, 35.72°)
OKLab	oklab(43.52% 0.1141 0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(43.52% 0.131 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.8382, 7.4075, 2.3195)
Luminance	0.0741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2C22 #22818B

analogous

#8B224D #8B2C22 #8B6122

triadic

#8B2C22 #228B2C #2C228B

tetradic

#8B2C22 #4D8B22 #22818B #61228B

square

#8B2C22 #4D8B22 #22818B #61228B

split-complementary

#8B2C22 #228B61 #224D8B

monochromatic

#290D0A #5A1C16 #8B2C22 #BC3C2E #D55F53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.46

#8B2C22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8B2C22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2C22

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2C22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2C22	1.00	8.46	2.48	8.46
#FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474020

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E551F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99112A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2c22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 44, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.131 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46b5d',
    500: '#8b2c22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2c22;
$custom-light: #b46b5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2c22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.714,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43518,
    "c": 0.13098,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2C22

secondary

#50AFB8

accent

#D5E444

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2C22

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

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