#8D181B#8D181B

#8D181B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.152 H 25.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D181B
RGB	rgb(141, 24, 27)
HSL	hsl(358, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(358, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83%, 80.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.39, 47.41, 30.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.39, 56.28, 32.62°)
OKLab	oklab(41.83% 0.1365 0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(41.83% 0.152 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.5104, 6.3970, 1.6654)
Luminance	0.0640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D181B #188D8A

analogous

#8D1855 #8D181B #8D5018

triadic

#8D181B #1B8D18 #181B8D

tetradic

#8D181B #558D18 #188D8A #50188D

square

#8D181B #558D18 #188D8A #50188D

split-complementary

#8D181B #188D50 #18558D

monochromatic

#240607 #590F11 #8D181B #C12125 #DF4145

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.21

#8D181B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#8D181B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D181B

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D181B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D181B	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)

#3E371A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5116

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d181b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 24, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.152 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76258',
    500: '#8d181b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d181b;
$custom-light: #b76258;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d181b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.462,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41829,
    "c": 0.15168,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D181B

secondary

#42BFBC

accent

#EEE93A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D181B

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

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