#8D281A#8D281A

#8D281A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.139 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D281A
RGB	rgb(141, 40, 26)
HSL	hsl(7, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(7, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 81.6%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.38, 41.80, 32.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.38, 53.23, 38.25°)
OKLab	oklab(43.31% 0.1187 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(43.31% 0.139 31)
XYZ	xyz(11.9311, 7.2567, 1.7495)
Luminance	0.0726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D281A #1A7F8D

analogous

#8D1A46 #8D281A #8D611A

triadic

#8D281A #1A8D28 #281A8D

tetradic

#8D281A #468D1A #1A7F8D #611A8D

square

#8D281A #468D1A #1A7F8D #611A8D

split-complementary

#8D281A #1A8D61 #1A468D

monochromatic

#260B07 #591910 #8D281A #C13724 #DD5745

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.57

#8D281A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8D281A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D281A

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D281A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D281A	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)

#463E17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5416

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0126

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d281a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 40, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.139 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66958',
    500: '#8d281a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d281a;
$custom-light: #b66958;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d281a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.304,
    "s": 68.862,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4331,
    "c": 0.13856,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.07255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D281A

secondary

#45AFBE

accent

#D6EC3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D281A

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

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