#8D221D#8D221D

#8D221D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.143 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D221D
RGB	rgb(141, 34, 29)
HSL	hsl(3, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(3, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.9%, 79.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.57, 44.24, 30.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.57, 53.67, 34.49°)
OKLab	oklab(42.71% 0.127 0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(42.71% 0.143 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.7797, 6.8973, 1.8732)
Luminance	0.0689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D221D #1D888D

analogous

#8D1D50 #8D221D #8D5A1D

triadic

#8D221D #1D8D22 #221D8D

tetradic

#8D221D #508D1D #1D888D #5A1D8D

square

#8D221D #508D1D #1D888D #5A1D8D

split-complementary

#8D221D #1D8D5A #1D508D

monochromatic

#270A08 #5A1613 #8D221D #C02E27 #DA514B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#8D221D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8D221D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D221D

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D221D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D221D	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)

#423B1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5319

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d221d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 34, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.143 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66659',
    500: '#8d221d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d221d;
$custom-light: #b66659;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d221d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.679,
    "s": 65.882,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42713,
    "c": 0.14349,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D221D

secondary

#4AB7BC

accent

#E1E93F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D221D

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

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