#8D2427#8D2427

#8D2427 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.140 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2427
RGB	rgb(141, 36, 39)
HSL	hsl(358, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(358, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 72.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.97, 43.94, 24.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.97, 50.42, 29.37°)
OKLab	oklab(43.05% 0.1283 0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(43.05% 0.14 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.9829, 7.0728, 2.6533)
Luminance	0.0707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2427 #248D8A

analogous

#8D245B #8D2427 #8D5624

triadic

#8D2427 #278D24 #24278D

tetradic

#8D2427 #5B8D24 #248D8A #56248D

square

#8D2427 #5B8D24 #248D8A #56248D

split-complementary

#8D2427 #248D56 #245B8D

monochromatic

#2B0B0C #5C181A #8D2427 #BE3034 #D4575B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#8D2427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8D2427 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2427

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2427	1.00	8.70	2.41	8.70
#FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423D26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5324

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 36, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.140 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66761',
    500: '#8d2427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2427;
$custom-light: #b66761;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.286,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43054,
    "c": 0.14034,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2427

secondary

#54B8B6

accent

#E3DE45

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2427

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

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