#8D221B#8D221B

#8D221B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.144 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D221B
RGB	rgb(141, 34, 27)
HSL	hsl(4, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(4, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.9%, 80.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.55, 44.16, 31.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.55, 54.27, 35.53°)
OKLab	oklab(42.69% 0.1263 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(42.69% 0.144 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.7558, 6.8877, 1.7472)
Luminance	0.0689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D221B #1B868D

analogous

#8D1B4D #8D221B #8D5B1B

triadic

#8D221B #1B8D22 #221B8D

tetradic

#8D221B #4D8D1B #1B868D #5B1B8D

square

#8D221B #4D8D1B #1B868D #5B1B8D

split-complementary

#8D221B #1B8D5B #1B4D8D

monochromatic

#260907 #5A1611 #8D221B #C02E25 #DC5047

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#8D221B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8D221B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D221B

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D221B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D221B	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)

#423B19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5316

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d221b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 34, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.144 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76658',
    500: '#8d221b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d221b;
$custom-light: #b76658;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d221b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.684,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4269,
    "c": 0.14378,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D221B

secondary

#46B6BD

accent

#E0EB3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D221B

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

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