#8D1B23#8D1B23

#8D1B23 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.149 H 23.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D1B23
RGB	rgb(141, 27, 35)
HSL	hsl(356, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(356, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.9%, 75.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.81, 46.84, 25.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.81, 53.51, 28.92°)
OKLab	oklab(42.17% 0.1366 0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(42.17% 0.149 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.6812, 6.5698, 2.2428)
Luminance	0.0657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D1B23 #1B8D85

analogous

#8D1B5C #8D1B23 #8D4C1B

triadic

#8D1B23 #238D1B #1B238D

tetradic

#8D1B23 #5C8D1B #1B8D85 #4C1B8D

square

#8D1B23 #5C8D1B #1B8D85 #4C1B8D

split-complementary

#8D1B23 #1B8D4C #1B5C8D

monochromatic

#26070A #5A1116 #8D1B23 #C02530 #DC4751

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08

#8D1B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#8D1B23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D1B23

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D1B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D1B23	1.00	9.08	2.31	9.08
#FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B511F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d1b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 27, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.149 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6635e',
    500: '#8d1b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d1b23;
$custom-light: #b6635e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d1b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.789,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42168,
    "c": 0.14861,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D1B23

secondary

#46BDB5

accent

#EBDF3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D1B23

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

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