#8D212A#8D212A

#8D212A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.143 H 21.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D212A
RGB	rgb(141, 33, 42)
HSL	hsl(355, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(355, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.6%, 70.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.62, 45.20, 22.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.62, 50.45, 26.37°)
OKLab	oklab(42.81% 0.133 0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(42.81% 0.143 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.9476, 6.9194, 2.8965)
Luminance	0.0692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D212A #218D84

analogous

#8D2160 #8D212A #8D4E21

triadic

#8D212A #2A8D21 #212A8D

tetradic

#8D212A #608D21 #218D84 #4E218D

square

#8D212A #608D21 #218D84 #4E218D

split-complementary

#8D212A #218D4E #21608D

monochromatic

#2A0A0C #5B151B #8D212A #BF2D39 #D6525D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#8D212A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8D212A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D212A

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D212A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D212A	1.00	8.81	2.38	8.81
#FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403C29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d212a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 33, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.143 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66663',
    500: '#8d212a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d212a;
$custom-light: #b66663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d212a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42809,
    "c": 0.14287,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D212A

secondary

#50BAB1

accent

#E5D843

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D212A

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

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