#8D221E#8D221E

#8D221E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.143 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D221E
RGB	rgb(141, 34, 30)
HSL	hsl(2, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(2, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.9%, 78.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.58, 44.28, 29.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.58, 53.38, 33.95°)
OKLab	oklab(42.73% 0.1273 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(42.73% 0.143 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.7923, 6.9023, 1.9394)
Luminance	0.0690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D221E #1E898D

analogous

#8D1E51 #8D221E #8D591E

triadic

#8D221E #1E8D22 #221E8D

tetradic

#8D221E #518D1E #1E898D #591E8D

square

#8D221E #518D1E #1E898D #591E8D

split-complementary

#8D221E #1E8D59 #1E518D

monochromatic

#280A09 #5B1613 #8D221E #BF2E29 #D9514C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#8D221E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8D221E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D221E

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D221E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D221E	1.00	8.82	2.38	8.82
#FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423B1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D531A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d221e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 34, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.143 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6665a',
    500: '#8d221e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d221e;
$custom-light: #b6665a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d221e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.162,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42726,
    "c": 0.14335,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D221E

secondary

#4BB8BC

accent

#E2E840

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D221E

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

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