#8D201B#8D201B

#8D201B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.145 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D201B
RGB	rgb(141, 32, 27)
HSL	hsl(3, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(3, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.3%, 80.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.29, 44.88, 31.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.29, 54.70, 34.87°)
OKLab	oklab(42.5% 0.1286 0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(42.5% 0.145 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.7002, 6.7767, 1.7287)
Luminance	0.0678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D201B #1B888D

analogous

#8D1B4F #8D201B #8D591B

triadic

#8D201B #1B8D20 #201B8D

tetradic

#8D201B #4F8D1B #1B888D #591B8D

square

#8D201B #4F8D1B #1B888D #591B8D

split-complementary

#8D201B #1B8D59 #1B4F8D

monochromatic

#260907 #5A1411 #8D201B #C02C25 #DC4D47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.92

#8D201B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8D201B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D201B

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D201B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D201B	1.00	8.92	2.36	8.92
#FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413A19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5216

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d201b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 32, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.145 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76558',
    500: '#8d201b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d201b;
$custom-light: #b76558;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d201b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.632,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42498,
    "c": 0.14549,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D201B

secondary

#46B8BD

accent

#E3EB3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D201B

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

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