#8D221A#8D221A

#8D221A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.144 H 28.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D221A
RGB	rgb(141, 34, 26)
HSL	hsl(4, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(4, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.9%, 81.6%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.54, 44.13, 32.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.54, 54.57, 36.04°)
OKLab	oklab(42.68% 0.126 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(42.68% 0.144 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.7444, 6.8832, 1.6873)
Luminance	0.0688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D221A #1A858D

analogous

#8D1A4B #8D221A #8D5B1A

triadic

#8D221A #1A8D22 #221A8D

tetradic

#8D221A #4B8D1A #1A858D #5B1A8D

square

#8D221A #4B8D1A #1A858D #5B1A8D

split-complementary

#8D221A #1A8D5B #1A4B8D

monochromatic

#260907 #591610 #8D221A #C12E24 #DD4F45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#8D221A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8D221A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D221A

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D221A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D221A	1.00	8.84	2.38	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423B18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5315

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d221a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 34, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.144 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76657',
    500: '#8d221a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d221a;
$custom-light: #b76657;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d221a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.174,
    "s": 68.862,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42679,
    "c": 0.14394,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D221A

secondary

#45B6BE

accent

#DFEC3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D221A

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

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