#8D2127#8D2127

#8D2127 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.143 H 23.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2127
RGB	rgb(141, 33, 39)
HSL	hsl(357, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(357, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.6%, 72.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.58, 45.04, 24.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.58, 51.16, 28.30°)
OKLab	oklab(42.76% 0.1318 0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(42.76% 0.143 23)
XYZ	xyz(11.8959, 6.8987, 2.6243)
Luminance	0.0690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2127 #218D87

analogous

#8D215D #8D2127 #8D5121

triadic

#8D2127 #278D21 #21278D

tetradic

#8D2127 #5D8D21 #218D87 #51218D

square

#8D2127 #5D8D21 #218D87 #51218D

split-complementary

#8D2127 #218D51 #215D8D

monochromatic

#2A0A0C #5B1519 #8D2127 #BF2D35 #D65259

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#8D2127 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8D2127 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2127

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2127	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2127	1.00	8.83	2.38	8.83
#FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413C26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5323

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2127;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 33, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.143 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66661',
    500: '#8d2127',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2127;
$custom-light: #b66661;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2127",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.667,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42758,
    "c": 0.14314,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.06897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2127

secondary

#50BAB4

accent

#E5DC43

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2127

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

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