#8D1621#8D1621

#8D1621 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.152 H 23.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D1621
RGB	rgb(141, 22, 33)
HSL	hsl(354, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(354, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.4%, 76.6%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.27, 48.18, 26.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.27, 55.00, 28.84°)
OKLab	oklab(41.77% 0.1404 0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(41.77% 0.152 23)
XYZ	xyz(11.5473, 6.3482, 2.0559)
Luminance	0.0635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D1621 #168D82

analogous

#8D165D #8D1621 #8D4716

triadic

#8D1621 #218D16 #16218D

tetradic

#8D1621 #5D8D16 #168D82 #47168D

square

#8D1621 #5D8D16 #168D82 #47168D

split-complementary

#8D1621 #168D47 #165D8D

monochromatic

#230508 #580E15 #8D1621 #C21E2D #E13D4C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.25

#8D1621 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#8D1621 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D1621

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D1621	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D1621	1.00	9.25	2.27	9.25
#FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C3720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A501C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C001C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d1621;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 22, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.152 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7615c',
    500: '#8d1621',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d1621;
$custom-light: #b7615c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d1621",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.454,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41765,
    "c": 0.15247,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.06346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D1621

secondary

#3EC1B4

accent

#F0DF38

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D1621

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

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