#8D282C#8D282C

#8D282C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.136 H 22.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D282C
RGB	rgb(141, 40, 44)
HSL	hsl(358, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(358, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 68.8%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.62, 42.64, 22.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.62, 48.15, 27.67°)
OKLab	oklab(43.56% 0.1253 0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(43.56% 0.136 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.1992, 7.3639, 3.1614)
Luminance	0.0736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D282C #288D89

analogous

#8D285E #8D282C #8D5628

triadic

#8D282C #2C8D28 #282C8D

tetradic

#8D282C #5E8D28 #288D89 #56288D

square

#8D282C #5E8D28 #288D89 #56288D

split-complementary

#8D282C #288D56 #285E8D

monochromatic

#2E0D0E #5D1A1D #8D282C #BD363B #D15E63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.49

#8D282C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8D282C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D282C

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D282C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D282C	1.00	8.49	2.47	8.49
#FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5529

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B092A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d282c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 40, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.136 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56965',
    500: '#8d282c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d282c;
$custom-light: #b56965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d282c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.624,
    "s": 55.801,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43563,
    "c": 0.13582,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D282C

secondary

#5AB7B3

accent

#DFD949

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D282C

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

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