#8D221F#8D221F

#8D221F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.143 H 26.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D221F
RGB	rgb(141, 34, 31)
HSL	hsl(2, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(2, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.9%, 78%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.60, 44.32, 29.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.60, 53.08, 33.40°)
OKLab	oklab(42.74% 0.1277 0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(42.74% 0.143 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.8052, 6.9075, 2.0077)
Luminance	0.0691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8D221F #1F8A8D

analogous

#8D1F53 #8D221F #8D591F

triadic

#8D221F #1F8D22 #221F8D

tetradic

#8D221F #538D1F #1F8A8D #591F8D

square

#8D221F #538D1F #1F8A8D #591F8D

split-complementary

#8D221F #1F8D59 #1F538D

monochromatic

#290A09 #5B1614 #8D221F #BF2E2A #D8524E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#8D221F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8D221F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D221F

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D221F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D221F	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)

#423B1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D531B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d221f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 34, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.143 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6665b',
    500: '#8d221f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d221f;
$custom-light: #b6665b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d221f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.636,
    "s": 63.953,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42738,
    "c": 0.1432,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D221F

secondary

#4DB8BB

accent

#E2E741

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D221F

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

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