#8D281E#8D281E

#8D281E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.138 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D281E
RGB	rgb(141, 40, 30)
HSL	hsl(5, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(5, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 78.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.43, 41.95, 30.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.43, 51.99, 36.21°)
OKLab	oklab(43.36% 0.12 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(43.36% 0.138 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.9790, 7.2758, 2.0017)
Luminance	0.0727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D281E #1E838D

analogous

#8D1E4B #8D281E #8D5F1E

triadic

#8D281E #1E8D28 #281E8D

tetradic

#8D281E #4B8D1E #1E838D #5F1E8D

square

#8D281E #4B8D1E #1E838D #5F1E8D

split-complementary

#8D281E #1E8D5F #1E4B8D

monochromatic

#280B09 #5B1A13 #8D281E #BF3629 #D9594C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.55

#8D281E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8D281E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D281E

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D281E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D281E	1.00	8.55	2.45	8.55
#FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453E1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E541A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0327

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d281e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 40, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.138 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6695a',
    500: '#8d281e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d281e;
$custom-light: #b6695a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d281e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.405,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43355,
    "c": 0.13786,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D281E

secondary

#4BB1BC

accent

#D9E840

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D281E

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

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