#8D231A#8D231A

#8D231A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.143 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D231A
RGB	rgb(141, 35, 26)
HSL	hsl(5, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(5, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.2%, 81.6%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.67, 43.76, 32.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.67, 54.35, 36.38°)
OKLab	oklab(42.78% 0.1248 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(42.78% 0.143 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.7734, 6.9412, 1.6969)
Luminance	0.0694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D231A #1A848D

analogous

#8D1A4A #8D231A #8D5D1A

triadic

#8D231A #1A8D23 #231A8D

tetradic

#8D231A #4A8D1A #1A848D #5D1A8D

square

#8D231A #4A8D1A #1A848D #5D1A8D

split-complementary

#8D231A #1A8D5D #1A4A8D

monochromatic

#260907 #591610 #8D231A #C13024 #DD5145

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#8D231A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8D231A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D231A

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D231A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D231A	1.00	8.79	2.39	8.79
#FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433C18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5315

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d231a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 35, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.143 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76657',
    500: '#8d231a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d231a;
$custom-light: #b76657;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d231a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.696,
    "s": 68.862,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42778,
    "c": 0.14307,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D231A

secondary

#45B4BE

accent

#DEEC3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D231A

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

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