#8D1724#8D1724

#8D1724 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.152 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D1724
RGB	rgb(141, 23, 36)
HSL	hsl(353, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(353, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.7%, 74.5%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.41, 48.04, 24.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.41, 54.06, 27.29°)
OKLab	oklab(41.88% 0.1407 0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(41.88% 0.152 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.6107, 6.4047, 2.2936)
Luminance	0.0640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D1724 #178D80

analogous

#8D175F #8D1724 #8D4517

triadic

#8D1724 #248D17 #17248D

tetradic

#8D1724 #5F8D17 #178D80 #45178D

square

#8D1724 #5F8D17 #178D80 #45178D

split-complementary

#8D1724 #178D45 #175F8D

monochromatic

#240609 #580E17 #8D1724 #C22031 #E03F50

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.21

#8D1724 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#8D1724 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D1724

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D1724	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D1724	1.00	9.21	2.28	9.21
#FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5020

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C001D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d1724;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 23, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.152 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6625e',
    500: '#8d1724',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d1724;
$custom-light: #b6625e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d1724",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.39,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4188,
    "c": 0.15154,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D1724

secondary

#40C0B2

accent

#EFDB39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D1724

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

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