#8D281C#8D281C

#8D281C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.138 H 30.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8D281C
RGBrgb(141, 40, 28)
HSLhsl(6, 67%, 33%)
HSVhsv(6, 80%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 71.6%, 80.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LABlab(32.41, 41.87, 31.84)
CIE-LCHlch(32.41, 52.60, 37.25°)
OKLaboklab(43.33% 0.1194 0.0697)
OKLCHoklch(43.33% 0.138 30.3)
XYZxyz(11.9543, 7.2660, 1.8714)
Luminance0.0726 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8D281C #1C818D
analogous
#8D1C48 #8D281C #8D601C
triadic
#8D281C #1C8D28 #281C8D
tetradic
#8D281C #488D1C #1C818D #601C8D
square
#8D281C #488D1C #1C818D #601C8D
split-complementary
#8D281C #1C8D60 #1C488D
monochromatic
#270B08 #5A1A12 #8D281C #C03626 #DB5849

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56
#8D281C on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45
#8D281C on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D281C
8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8D281C#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8D281C1.008.562.458.56
#FFFFFF8.561.0021.001.00
#0000002.4521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.561.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#463E1A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5F5418
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9C0226
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8d281c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 40, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.138 30.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66959',
    500: '#8d281c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8d281c;
$custom-light: #b66959;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8d281c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.372,
    "s": 66.864,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43332,
    "c": 0.13821,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8D281C
secondary
#48B0BD
accent
#D8EA3E
background
#FCF6F5
surface
#F8EBE9
border
#D1C6C5
text
#130703
muted
#827A78

Preview Lab

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#8D281C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva