#8D2820#8D2820

#8D2820 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.138 H 28.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2820
RGB	rgb(141, 40, 32)
HSL	hsl(4, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(4, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 77.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.45, 42.03, 29.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.45, 51.38, 35.11°)
OKLab	oklab(43.38% 0.1207 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(43.38% 0.138 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.0054, 7.2864, 2.1405)
Luminance	0.0728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2820 #20858D

analogous

#8D204F #8D2820 #8D5F20

triadic

#8D2820 #208D28 #28208D

tetradic

#8D2820 #4F8D20 #20858D #5F208D

square

#8D2820 #4F8D20 #20858D #5F208D

split-complementary

#8D2820 #208D5F #204F8D

monochromatic

#290C09 #5B1A15 #8D2820 #BF362B #D75A50

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.55

#8D2820 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8D2820 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2820

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2820	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2820	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)

#453E1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E541C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0327

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2820;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 40, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.138 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6695c',
    500: '#8d2820',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2820;
$custom-light: #b6695c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2820",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.404,
    "s": 63.006,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4338,
    "c": 0.13752,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2820

secondary

#4EB3BA

accent

#DAE642

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2820

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

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