#8D2218#8D2218

#8D2218 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.144 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2218
RGB	rgb(141, 34, 24)
HSL	hsl(5, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(5, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.9%, 83%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.52, 44.06, 33.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.52, 55.18, 37.01°)
OKLab	oklab(42.66% 0.1254 0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(42.66% 0.144 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.7228, 6.8746, 1.5736)
Luminance	0.0687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2218 #18838D

analogous

#8D1849 #8D2218 #8D5C18

triadic

#8D2218 #188D22 #22188D

tetradic

#8D2218 #498D18 #18838D #5C188D

square

#8D2218 #498D18 #18838D #5C188D

split-complementary

#8D2218 #188D5C #18498D

monochromatic

#240906 #59150F #8D2218 #C12F21 #DF4E41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#8D2218 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8D2218 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2218

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2218	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2218	1.00	8.84	2.37	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433B16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5313

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2218;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 34, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.144 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76656',
    500: '#8d2218',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2218;
$custom-light: #b76656;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2218",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.128,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42658,
    "c": 0.14424,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2218

secondary

#42B4BF

accent

#DEEE3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2218

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

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