#8D2424#8D2424

#8D2424 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.141 H 25.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2424
RGB	rgb(141, 36, 36)
HSL	hsl(0, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(0, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 74.5%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.93, 43.79, 26.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.93, 51.21, 31.22°)
OKLab	oklab(43.01% 0.1271 0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(43.01% 0.141 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.9352, 7.0537, 2.4018)
Luminance	0.0705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2424 #248D8D

analogous

#8D2459 #8D2424 #8D5924

triadic

#8D2424 #248D24 #24248D

tetradic

#8D2424 #598D24 #248D8D #59248D

square

#8D2424 #598D24 #248D8D #59248D

split-complementary

#8D2424 #248D59 #24598D

monochromatic

#2B0B0B #5C1818 #8D2424 #BE3030 #D45757

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.71

#8D2424 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8D2424 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2424

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2424	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2424	1.00	8.71	2.41	8.71
#FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433D23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5320

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 36, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.141 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6675f',
    500: '#8d2424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2424;
$custom-light: #b6675f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43007,
    "c": 0.1407,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2424

secondary

#54B8B8

accent

#E3E345

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2424

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

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