#8D2819#8D2819

#8D2819 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.139 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2819
RGB	rgb(141, 40, 25)
HSL	hsl(8, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(8, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 82.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.37, 41.76, 33.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.37, 53.54, 38.73°)
OKLab	oklab(43.3% 0.1184 0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(43.3% 0.139 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.9202, 7.2523, 1.6917)
Luminance	0.0725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2819 #197E8D

analogous

#8D1944 #8D2819 #8D6219

triadic

#8D2819 #198D28 #28198D

tetradic

#8D2819 #448D19 #197E8D #62198D

square

#8D2819 #448D19 #197E8D #62198D

split-complementary

#8D2819 #198D62 #19448D

monochromatic

#250B07 #591910 #8D2819 #C13722 #DE5743

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.57

#8D2819 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8D2819 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2819

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2819	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2819	1.00	8.57	2.45	8.57
#FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463E16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5414

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0125

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2819;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 40, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.139 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66957',
    500: '#8d2819',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2819;
$custom-light: #b66957;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2819",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.759,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.433,
    "c": 0.13874,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2819

secondary

#43AFBF

accent

#D6ED3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2819

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

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