#8D1E23#8D1E23

#8D1E23 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.146 H 24.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D1E23
RGB	rgb(141, 30, 35)
HSL	hsl(357, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(357, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.7%, 75.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.15, 45.88, 26.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.15, 52.87, 29.79°)
OKLab	oklab(42.42% 0.1335 0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(42.42% 0.146 24)
XYZ	xyz(11.7535, 6.7145, 2.2669)
Luminance	0.0671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D1E23 #1E8D88

analogous

#8D1E5A #8D1E23 #8D501E

triadic

#8D1E23 #238D1E #1E238D

tetradic

#8D1E23 #5A8D1E #1E8D88 #501E8D

square

#8D1E23 #5A8D1E #1E8D88 #501E8D

split-complementary

#8D1E23 #1E8D50 #1E5A8D

monochromatic

#28090A #5B1316 #8D1E23 #BF2930 #D94C53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.96

#8D1E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8D1E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D1E23

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D1E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D1E23	1.00	8.96	2.34	8.96
#FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403A22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B521F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d1e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 30, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.146 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6645e',
    500: '#8d1e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d1e23;
$custom-light: #b6645e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d1e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.297,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42422,
    "c": 0.14616,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.06713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D1E23

secondary

#4BBCB7

accent

#E8E040

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D1E23

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

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