#8D282D#8D282D

#8D282D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.136 H 22.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D282D
RGB	rgb(141, 40, 45)
HSL	hsl(357, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(357, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 68.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.64, 42.70, 21.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.64, 47.92, 26.99°)
OKLab	oklab(43.58% 0.1257 0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(43.58% 0.136 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.2182, 7.3715, 3.2616)
Luminance	0.0737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D282D #288D88

analogous

#8D285F #8D282D #8D5628

triadic

#8D282D #2D8D28 #282D8D

tetradic

#8D282D #5F8D28 #288D88 #56288D

square

#8D282D #5F8D28 #288D88 #56288D

split-complementary

#8D282D #288D56 #285F8D

monochromatic

#2E0D0F #5D1A1E #8D282D #BD363C #D15E64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.49

#8D282D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8D282D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D282D

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D282D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D282D	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)

#443F2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D552A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B092B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d282d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 40, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.136 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56966',
    500: '#8d282d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d282d;
$custom-light: #b56966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d282d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.03,
    "s": 55.801,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43581,
    "c": 0.13573,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D282D

secondary

#5AB7B2

accent

#DFD849

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D282D

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

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