#8D281D#8D281D

#8D281D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.138 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D281D
RGB	rgb(141, 40, 29)
HSL	hsl(6, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(6, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 79.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.42, 41.91, 31.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.42, 52.30, 36.73°)
OKLab	oklab(43.34% 0.1197 0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(43.34% 0.138 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.9664, 7.2708, 1.9355)
Luminance	0.0727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D281D #1D828D

analogous

#8D1D4A #8D281D #8D601D

triadic

#8D281D #1D8D28 #281D8D

tetradic

#8D281D #4A8D1D #1D828D #601D8D

square

#8D281D #4A8D1D #1D828D #601D8D

split-complementary

#8D281D #1D8D60 #1D4A8D

monochromatic

#270B08 #5A1A13 #8D281D #C03627 #DA594B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#8D281D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8D281D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D281D

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D281D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D281D	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)

#463E1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5419

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0226

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d281d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 40, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.138 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6695a',
    500: '#8d281d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d281d;
$custom-light: #b6695a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d281d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.893,
    "s": 65.882,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43344,
    "c": 0.13803,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D281D

secondary

#4AB1BC

accent

#D8E93F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D281D

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

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