#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
RGB	rgb(141, 40, 28)
HSL	hsl(6, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(6, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 80.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.41, 41.87, 31.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.41, 52.60, 37.25°)
OKLab	oklab(43.33% 0.1194 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(43.33% 0.138 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.9543, 7.2660, 1.8714)
Luminance	0.0726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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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
##8D281C	1.00	8.56	2.45	8.56
#FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #8D281C

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

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