#8D231C#8D231C

#8D231C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.143 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D231C
RGB	rgb(141, 35, 28)
HSL	hsl(4, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(4, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.2%, 80.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.69, 43.83, 31.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.69, 53.75, 35.36°)
OKLab	oklab(42.8% 0.1255 0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(42.8% 0.143 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.7965, 6.9505, 1.8188)
Luminance	0.0695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D231C #1C868D

analogous

#8D1C4D #8D231C #8D5B1C

triadic

#8D231C #1C8D23 #231C8D

tetradic

#8D231C #4D8D1C #1C868D #5B1C8D

square

#8D231C #4D8D1C #1C868D #5B1C8D

split-complementary

#8D231C #1C8D5B #1C4D8D

monochromatic

#270A08 #5A1612 #8D231C #C03026 #DB5249

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#8D231C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8D231C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D231C

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D231C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D231C	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)

#433C1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5317

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d231c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 35, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.143 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76659',
    500: '#8d231c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d231c;
$custom-light: #b76659;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d231c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.717,
    "s": 66.864,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42801,
    "c": 0.14276,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D231C

secondary

#48B5BD

accent

#DFEA3E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D231C

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

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