#8D201C#8D201C

#8D201C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.145 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D201C
RGB	rgb(141, 32, 28)
HSL	hsl(2, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(2, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.3%, 80.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.30, 44.91, 30.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.30, 54.40, 34.35°)
OKLab	oklab(42.51% 0.1289 0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(42.51% 0.145 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.7120, 6.7814, 1.7906)
Luminance	0.0678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D201C #1C898D

analogous

#8D1C50 #8D201C #8D581C

triadic

#8D201C #1C8D20 #201C8D

tetradic

#8D201C #508D1C #1C898D #581C8D

square

#8D201C #508D1C #1C898D #581C8D

split-complementary

#8D201C #1C8D58 #1C508D

monochromatic

#270908 #5A1412 #8D201C #C02C26 #DB4E49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.91

#8D201C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8D201C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D201C

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D201C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D201C	1.00	8.91	2.36	8.91
#FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413A1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5217

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d201c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 32, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.145 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76559',
    500: '#8d201c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d201c;
$custom-light: #b76559;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d201c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.124,
    "s": 66.864,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4251,
    "c": 0.14535,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D201C

secondary

#48B9BD

accent

#E4EA3E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D201C

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

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