#8D2829#8D2829

#8D2829 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.136 H 24.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2829
RGB	rgb(141, 40, 41)
HSL	hsl(359, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(359, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 70.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.57, 42.47, 24.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.57, 48.88, 29.67°)
OKLab	oklab(43.51% 0.1241 0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(43.51% 0.136 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.1448, 7.3422, 2.8751)
Luminance	0.0734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2829 #288D8C

analogous

#8D285B #8D2829 #8D5928

triadic

#8D2829 #298D28 #28298D

tetradic

#8D2829 #5B8D28 #288D8C #59288D

square

#8D2829 #5B8D28 #288D8C #59288D

split-complementary

#8D2829 #288D59 #285B8D

monochromatic

#2E0D0D #5D1A1B #8D2829 #BD3637 #D15E5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.51

#8D2829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8D2829 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2829

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2829	1.00	8.51	2.47	8.51
#FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443F28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5526

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B072A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 40, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.136 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56962',
    500: '#8d2829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2829;
$custom-light: #b56962;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.406,
    "s": 55.801,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43512,
    "c": 0.13616,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2829

secondary

#5AB7B6

accent

#DFDE49

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2829

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

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