#8D281B#8D281B

#8D281B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.138 H 30.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D281B
RGB	rgb(141, 40, 27)
HSL	hsl(7, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(7, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 80.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.39, 41.84, 32.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.39, 52.92, 37.76°)
OKLab	oklab(43.32% 0.119 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(43.32% 0.138 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.9425, 7.2612, 1.8094)
Luminance	0.0726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D281B #1B808D

analogous

#8D1B47 #8D281B #8D611B

triadic

#8D281B #1B8D28 #281B8D

tetradic

#8D281B #478D1B #1B808D #611B8D

square

#8D281B #478D1B #1B808D #611B8D

split-complementary

#8D281B #1B8D61 #1B478D

monochromatic

#260B07 #5A1911 #8D281B #C03725 #DC5847

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.57

#8D281B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8D281B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D281B

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D281B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D281B	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)

#463E19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5417

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0226

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d281b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 40, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.138 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66958',
    500: '#8d281b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d281b;
$custom-light: #b66958;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d281b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.842,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43321,
    "c": 0.13839,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D281B

secondary

#46B0BD

accent

#D7EB3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D281B

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

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