#8D1529#8D1529

#8D1529 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.153 H 19.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D1529
RGB	rgb(141, 21, 41)
HSL	hsl(350, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(350, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.1%, 70.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.31, 48.81, 21.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.31, 53.31, 23.71°)
OKLab	oklab(41.83% 0.1443 0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(41.83% 0.153 19.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.6543, 6.3610, 2.7115)
Luminance	0.0636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D1529 #158D79

analogous

#8D1565 #8D1529 #8D3D15

triadic

#8D1529 #298D15 #15298D

tetradic

#8D1529 #658D15 #158D79 #3D158D

square

#8D1529 #658D15 #158D79 #3D158D

split-complementary

#8D1529 #158D3D #15658D

monochromatic

#22050A #580D1A #8D1529 #C21D38 #E23B56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.24

#8D1529 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#8D1529 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D1529

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D1529	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D1529	1.00	9.24	2.27	9.24
#FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B3729

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595025

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B001E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d1529;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 21, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.153 19.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66162',
    500: '#8d1529',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d1529;
$custom-light: #b66162;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d1529",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41827,
    "c": 0.1527,
    "h": 19.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D1529

secondary

#3DC1AB

accent

#F1D237

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D1529

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

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