#8D231E#8D231E

#8D231E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.142 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D231E
RGB	rgb(141, 35, 30)
HSL	hsl(3, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(3, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.2%, 78.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.72, 43.91, 29.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.72, 53.15, 34.30°)
OKLab	oklab(42.83% 0.1262 0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(42.83% 0.142 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.8213, 6.9604, 1.9491)
Luminance	0.0696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D231E #1E888D

analogous

#8D1E50 #8D231E #8D5A1E

triadic

#8D231E #1E8D23 #231E8D

tetradic

#8D231E #508D1E #1E888D #5A1E8D

square

#8D231E #508D1E #1E888D #5A1E8D

split-complementary

#8D231E #1E8D5A #1E508D

monochromatic

#280A09 #5B1613 #8D231E #BF3029 #D9534C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#8D231E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8D231E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D231E

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D231E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D231E	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)

#433C1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D531A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d231e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 35, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.142 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6665a',
    500: '#8d231e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d231e;
$custom-light: #b6665a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d231e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.703,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42825,
    "c": 0.14246,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D231E

secondary

#4BB7BC

accent

#E0E840

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D231E

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

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