#8D280E#8D280E

#8D280E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.141 H 34.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D280E
RGB	rgb(141, 40, 14)
HSL	hsl(12, 82%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(12, 90%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 90.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.29, 41.46, 38.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.29, 56.87, 43.20°)
OKLab	oklab(43.21% 0.1156 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(43.21% 0.141 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.8240, 7.2138, 1.1852)
Luminance	0.0721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D280E #0E738D

analogous

#8D0E34 #8D280E #8D670E

triadic

#8D280E #0E8D28 #280E8D

tetradic

#8D280E #348D0E #0E738D #670E8D

square

#8D280E #348D0E #0E738D #670E8D

split-complementary

#8D280E #0E8D67 #0E348D

monochromatic

#1E0803 #551808 #8D280E #C53814 #EA522B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.60

#8D280E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8D280E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D280E

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D280E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D280E	1.00	8.60	2.44	8.60
#FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463E08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5407

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d280e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 40, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.141 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76950',
    500: '#8d280e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d280e;
$custom-light: #b76950;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d280e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.283,
    "s": 81.935,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43208,
    "c": 0.14058,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D280E

secondary

#35A5C2

accent

#CFF830

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130702

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D280E

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

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