#8D212B#8D212B

#8D212B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.143 H 20.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D212B
RGB	rgb(141, 33, 43)
HSL	hsl(354, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(354, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.6%, 69.5%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.64, 45.25, 21.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.64, 50.22, 25.71°)
OKLab	oklab(42.83% 0.1334 0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(42.83% 0.143 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.9657, 6.9267, 2.9920)
Luminance	0.0693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D212B #218D83

analogous

#8D2161 #8D212B #8D4D21

triadic

#8D212B #2B8D21 #212B8D

tetradic

#8D212B #618D21 #218D83 #4D218D

square

#8D212B #618D21 #218D83 #4D218D

split-complementary

#8D212B #218D4D #21618D

monochromatic

#2A0A0D #5B151C #8D212B #BF2D3A #D6525E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#8D212B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8D212B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D212B

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D212B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D212B	1.00	8.81	2.39	8.81
#FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5328

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d212b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 33, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.143 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56664',
    500: '#8d212b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d212b;
$custom-light: #b56664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d212b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.444,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42826,
    "c": 0.14281,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D212B

secondary

#50BAB0

accent

#E5D643

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D212B

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

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