#8D231B#8D231B

#8D231B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.143 H 28.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D231B
RGB	rgb(141, 35, 27)
HSL	hsl(4, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(4, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.2%, 80.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.68, 43.79, 31.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.68, 54.05, 35.88°)
OKLab	oklab(42.79% 0.1252 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(42.79% 0.143 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.7848, 6.9457, 1.7568)
Luminance	0.0694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D231B #1B858D

analogous

#8D1B4C #8D231B #8D5C1B

triadic

#8D231B #1B8D23 #231B8D

tetradic

#8D231B #4C8D1B #1B858D #5C1B8D

square

#8D231B #4C8D1B #1B858D #5C1B8D

split-complementary

#8D231B #1B8D5C #1B4C8D

monochromatic

#260A07 #5A1611 #8D231B #C03025 #DC5147

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#8D231B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8D231B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D231B

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D231B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D231B	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)

#433C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5316

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d231b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 35, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.143 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76658',
    500: '#8d231b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d231b;
$custom-light: #b76658;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d231b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.211,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42789,
    "c": 0.14291,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D231B

secondary

#46B5BD

accent

#DFEB3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D231B

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

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