#8D2520#8D2520

#8D2520 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.140 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2520
RGB	rgb(141, 37, 32)
HSL	hsl(3, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(3, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 77.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.02, 43.23, 29.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.02, 52.10, 33.93°)
OKLab	oklab(43.06% 0.1245 0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(43.06% 0.14 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.9082, 7.0920, 2.1081)
Luminance	0.0709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2520 #20888D

analogous

#8D2052 #8D2520 #8D5C20

triadic

#8D2520 #208D25 #25208D

tetradic

#8D2520 #528D20 #20888D #5C208D

square

#8D2520 #528D20 #20888D #5C208D

split-complementary

#8D2520 #208D5C #20528D

monochromatic

#290B09 #5B1815 #8D2520 #BF322B #D75650

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.68

#8D2520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8D2520 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2520

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2520	1.00	8.68	2.42	8.68
#FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443D1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D541C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 37, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.140 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6675c',
    500: '#8d2520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2520;
$custom-light: #b6675c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.752,
    "s": 63.006,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43055,
    "c": 0.14034,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2520

secondary

#4EB6BA

accent

#DFE642

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2520

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

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