#8D1516#8D1516

#8D1516 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.154 H 26.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D1516
RGB	rgb(141, 21, 22)
HSL	hsl(360, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(360, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.1%, 84.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.06, 48.05, 32.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.06, 58.25, 34.42°)
OKLab	oklab(41.56% 0.1375 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(41.56% 0.154 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.3989, 6.2589, 1.3668)
Luminance	0.0626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8D1516 #158D8C

analogous

#8D1552 #8D1516 #8D5015

triadic

#8D1516 #168D15 #15168D

tetradic

#8D1516 #528D15 #158D8C #50158D

square

#8D1516 #528D15 #158D8C #50158D

split-complementary

#8D1516 #158D50 #15528D

monochromatic

#220505 #580D0E #8D1516 #C21D1E #E23B3C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.33

#8D1516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#8D1516 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D1516

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D1516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D1516	1.00	9.33	2.25	9.33
#FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3614

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A500F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0018

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d1516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 21, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.154 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86154',
    500: '#8d1516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d1516;
$custom-light: #b86154;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d1516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41563,
    "c": 0.15424,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D1516

secondary

#3DC1C0

accent

#F1EF37

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D1516

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

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