#8D231F#8D231F

#8D231F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.142 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D231F
RGB	rgb(141, 35, 31)
HSL	hsl(2, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(2, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.2%, 78%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.73, 43.95, 29.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.73, 52.86, 33.75°)
OKLab	oklab(42.84% 0.1265 0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(42.84% 0.142 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.8342, 6.9655, 2.0174)
Luminance	0.0696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8D231F #1F898D

analogous

#8D1F52 #8D231F #8D5A1F

triadic

#8D231F #1F8D23 #231F8D

tetradic

#8D231F #528D1F #1F898D #5A1F8D

square

#8D231F #528D1F #1F898D #5A1F8D

split-complementary

#8D231F #1F8D5A #1F528D

monochromatic

#290A09 #5B1714 #8D231F #BF2F2A #D8534E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#8D231F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8D231F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D231F

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D231F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D231F	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)

#433C1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D531B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d231f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 35, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.142 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6665b',
    500: '#8d231f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d231f;
$custom-light: #b6665b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d231f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.182,
    "s": 63.953,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42837,
    "c": 0.14231,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D231F

secondary

#4DB7BB

accent

#E1E741

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D231F

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

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