#8D231D#8D231D

#8D231D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.143 H 28.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D231D
RGB	rgb(141, 35, 29)
HSL	hsl(3, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(3, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.2%, 79.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.70, 43.87, 30.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.70, 53.45, 34.84°)
OKLab	oklab(42.81% 0.1258 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(42.81% 0.143 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.8087, 6.9553, 1.8829)
Luminance	0.0695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D231D #1D878D

analogous

#8D1D4F #8D231D #8D5B1D

triadic

#8D231D #1D8D23 #231D8D

tetradic

#8D231D #4F8D1D #1D878D #5B1D8D

square

#8D231D #4F8D1D #1D878D #5B1D8D

split-complementary

#8D231D #1D8D5B #1D4F8D

monochromatic

#270A08 #5A1613 #8D231D #C03027 #DA524B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#8D231D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8D231D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D231D

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D231D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D231D	1.00	8.78	2.39	8.78
#FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433C1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5319

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d231d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 35, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.143 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6665a',
    500: '#8d231d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d231d;
$custom-light: #b6665a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d231d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.214,
    "s": 65.882,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42812,
    "c": 0.14261,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D231D

secondary

#4AB6BC

accent

#E0E93F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D231D

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

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