#8D281F#8D281F

#8D281F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.138 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D281F
RGB	rgb(141, 40, 31)
HSL	hsl(5, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(5, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 78%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.44, 41.99, 30.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.44, 51.69, 35.67°)
OKLab	oklab(43.37% 0.1204 0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(43.37% 0.138 29)
XYZ	xyz(11.9920, 7.2810, 2.0700)
Luminance	0.0728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D281F #1F848D

analogous

#8D1F4D #8D281F #8D5F1F

triadic

#8D281F #1F8D28 #281F8D

tetradic

#8D281F #4D8D1F #1F848D #5F1F8D

square

#8D281F #4D8D1F #1F848D #5F1F8D

split-complementary

#8D281F #1F8D5F #1F4D8D

monochromatic

#290C09 #5B1A14 #8D281F #BF362A #D85A4E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.55

#8D281F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8D281F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D281F

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D281F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D281F	1.00	8.55	2.46	8.55
#FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453E1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E541B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0327

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d281f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 40, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.138 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6695b',
    500: '#8d281f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d281f;
$custom-light: #b6695b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d281f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.909,
    "s": 63.953,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43368,
    "c": 0.13768,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.07279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D281F

secondary

#4DB2BB

accent

#D9E741

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D281F

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

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