#8D251D#8D251D

#8D251D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.141 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D251D
RGB	rgb(141, 37, 29)
HSL	hsl(4, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(4, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 79.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.98, 43.11, 30.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.98, 52.99, 35.56°)
OKLab	oklab(43.02% 0.1234 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(43.02% 0.141 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.8692, 7.0764, 1.9031)
Luminance	0.0707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D251D #1D858D

analogous

#8D1D4D #8D251D #8D5D1D

triadic

#8D251D #1D8D25 #251D8D

tetradic

#8D251D #4D8D1D #1D858D #5D1D8D

square

#8D251D #4D8D1D #1D858D #5D1D8D

split-complementary

#8D251D #1D8D5D #1D4D8D

monochromatic

#270A08 #5A1813 #8D251D #C03227 #DA554B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#8D251D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8D251D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D251D

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D251D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D251D	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)

#443D1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5419

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d251d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 37, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.141 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6675a',
    500: '#8d251d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d251d;
$custom-light: #b6675a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d251d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.286,
    "s": 65.882,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43018,
    "c": 0.14081,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D251D

secondary

#4AB4BC

accent

#DDE93F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D251D

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

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