#8D282B#8D282B

#8D282B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.136 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D282B
RGB	rgb(141, 40, 43)
HSL	hsl(358, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(358, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 69.5%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.61, 42.58, 22.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.61, 48.38, 28.35°)
OKLab	oklab(43.55% 0.1249 0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(43.55% 0.136 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.1806, 7.3565, 3.0636)
Luminance	0.0736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D282B #288D8A

analogous

#8D285D #8D282B #8D5728

triadic

#8D282B #2B8D28 #282B8D

tetradic

#8D282B #5D8D28 #288D8A #57288D

square

#8D282B #5D8D28 #288D8A #57288D

split-complementary

#8D282B #288D57 #285D8D

monochromatic

#2E0D0E #5D1A1C #8D282B #BD363A #D15E61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.50

#8D282B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8D282B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D282B

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D282B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D282B	1.00	8.50	2.47	8.50
#FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443F2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5528

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B082A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d282b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 40, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.136 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56964',
    500: '#8d282b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d282b;
$custom-light: #b56964;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d282b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.218,
    "s": 55.801,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43546,
    "c": 0.13592,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D282B

secondary

#5AB7B4

accent

#DFDB49

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D282B

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

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