#8D181D#8D181D

#8D181D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.151 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D181D
RGB	rgb(141, 24, 29)
HSL	hsl(357, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(357, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83%, 79.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.42, 47.48, 29.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.42, 55.72, 31.56°)
OKLab	oklab(41.85% 0.1372 0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(41.85% 0.151 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.5343, 6.4066, 1.7914)
Luminance	0.0640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D181D #188D88

analogous

#8D1857 #8D181D #8D4E18

triadic

#8D181D #1D8D18 #181D8D

tetradic

#8D181D #578D18 #188D88 #4E188D

square

#8D181D #578D18 #188D88 #4E188D

split-complementary

#8D181D #188D4E #18578D

monochromatic

#240607 #590F12 #8D181D #C12128 #DF4148

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.21

#8D181D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#8D181D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D181D

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D181D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D181D	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)

#3E381C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5118

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C001C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d181d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 24, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.151 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76259',
    500: '#8d181d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d181d;
$custom-light: #b76259;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d181d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.436,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41854,
    "c": 0.15146,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D181D

secondary

#42BFBA

accent

#EEE63A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D181D

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

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