#8D1519#8D1519

#8D1519 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.154 H 25.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D1519
RGB	rgb(141, 21, 25)
HSL	hsl(358, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(358, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.1%, 82.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.09, 48.15, 31.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.09, 57.38, 32.96°)
OKLab	oklab(41.6% 0.1384 0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(41.6% 0.154 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.4296, 6.2711, 1.5282)
Luminance	0.0627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D1519 #158D89

analogous

#8D1555 #8D1519 #8D4D15

triadic

#8D1519 #198D15 #15198D

tetradic

#8D1519 #558D15 #158D89 #4D158D

square

#8D1519 #558D15 #158D89 #4D158D

split-complementary

#8D1519 #158D4D #15558D

monochromatic

#220506 #580D10 #8D1519 #C21D22 #E23B40

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.32

#8D1519 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#8D1519 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D1519

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D1519	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D1519	1.00	9.32	2.25	9.32
#FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3617

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5013

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0018

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d1519;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 21, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.154 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76156',
    500: '#8d1519',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d1519;
$custom-light: #b76156;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d1519",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41595,
    "c": 0.15391,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D1519

secondary

#3DC1BC

accent

#F1EB37

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D1519

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

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