#8D2522#8D2522

#8D2522 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.140 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2522
RGB	rgb(141, 37, 34)
HSL	hsl(2, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(2, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 75.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.04, 43.32, 27.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.04, 51.52, 32.79°)
OKLab	oklab(43.08% 0.1252 0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(43.08% 0.14 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.9362, 7.1032, 2.2556)
Luminance	0.0710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2522 #228A8D

analogous

#8D2255 #8D2522 #8D5B22

triadic

#8D2522 #228D25 #25228D

tetradic

#8D2522 #558D22 #228A8D #5B228D

square

#8D2522 #558D22 #228A8D #5B228D

split-complementary

#8D2522 #228D5B #22558D

monochromatic

#2A0B0A #5C1816 #8D2522 #BE322E #D65754

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.68

#8D2522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8D2522 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2522

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2522	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)

#433D21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D541E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 37, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.140 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6675d',
    500: '#8d2522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2522;
$custom-light: #b6675d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.682,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43082,
    "c": 0.14004,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2522

secondary

#51B7B9

accent

#E0E444

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2522

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

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