#8D1531#8D1531

#8D1531 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.153 H 15.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D1531
RGB	rgb(141, 21, 49)
HSL	hsl(346, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(346, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.1%, 65.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.45, 49.25, 16.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.45, 51.90, 18.38°)
OKLab	oklab(41.99% 0.1476 0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(41.99% 0.153 15)
XYZ	xyz(11.8083, 6.4226, 3.5231)
Luminance	0.0642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D1531 #158D71

analogous

#8D156D #8D1531 #8D3515

triadic

#8D1531 #318D15 #15318D

tetradic

#8D1531 #6D8D15 #158D71 #35158D

square

#8D1531 #6D8D15 #158D71 #35158D

split-complementary

#8D1531 #158D35 #156D8D

monochromatic

#22050C #580D1E #8D1531 #C21D44 #E23B62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.19

#8D1531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#8D1531 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D1531

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D1531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D1531	1.00	9.19	2.28	9.19
#FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A3831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#58502E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d1531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 21, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.153 15.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66268',
    500: '#8d1531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d1531;
$custom-light: #b66268;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d1531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41985,
    "c": 0.15275,
    "h": 15
  },
  "luminance": 0.06421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D1531

secondary

#3DC1A2

accent

#F1C537

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D1531

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

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