#8D1720#8D1720

#8D1720 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.152 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D1720
RGB	rgb(141, 23, 32)
HSL	hsl(355, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(355, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.7%, 77.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.36, 47.87, 27.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.36, 55.08, 29.65°)
OKLab	oklab(41.82% 0.1392 0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(41.82% 0.152 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.5530, 6.3817, 1.9897)
Luminance	0.0638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D1720 #178D84

analogous

#8D175B #8D1720 #8D4917

triadic

#8D1720 #208D17 #17208D

tetradic

#8D1720 #5B8D17 #178D84 #49178D

square

#8D1720 #5B8D17 #178D84 #49178D

split-complementary

#8D1720 #178D49 #175B8D

monochromatic

#240608 #580E14 #8D1720 #C2202C #E03F4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.23

#8D1720 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#8D1720 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D1720

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D1720	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D1720	1.00	9.23	2.28	9.23
#FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D371F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A501B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C001C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d1720;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 23, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.152 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7625b',
    500: '#8d1720',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d1720;
$custom-light: #b7625b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d1720",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.424,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41821,
    "c": 0.15187,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D1720

secondary

#40C0B6

accent

#EFE139

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D1720

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

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