#8D1B28#8D1B28

#8D1B28 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.148 H 20.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D1B28
RGB	rgb(141, 27, 40)
HSL	hsl(353, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(353, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.9%, 71.6%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.88, 47.08, 22.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.88, 52.30, 25.83°)
OKLab	oklab(42.25% 0.1385 0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(42.25% 0.148 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.7608, 6.6016, 2.6621)
Luminance	0.0660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D1B28 #1B8D80

analogous

#8D1B61 #8D1B28 #8D471B

triadic

#8D1B28 #288D1B #1B288D

tetradic

#8D1B28 #618D1B #1B8D80 #471B8D

square

#8D1B28 #618D1B #1B8D80 #471B8D

split-complementary

#8D1B28 #1B8D47 #1B618D

monochromatic

#26070B #5A1119 #8D1B28 #C02537 #DC4758

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.05

#8D1B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8D1B28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D1B28

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D1B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D1B28	1.00	9.05	2.32	9.05
#FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5124

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d1b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 27, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.148 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66361',
    500: '#8d1b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d1b28;
$custom-light: #b66361;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d1b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.158,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42249,
    "c": 0.14823,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D1B28

secondary

#46BDB0

accent

#EBD73D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D1B28

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

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