#8D282E#8D282E

#8D282E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.136 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D282E
RGB	rgb(141, 40, 46)
HSL	hsl(356, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(356, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 67.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.66, 42.76, 21.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.66, 47.69, 26.30°)
OKLab	oklab(43.6% 0.1261 0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(43.6% 0.136 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.2377, 7.3793, 3.3642)
Luminance	0.0738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D282E #288D87

analogous

#8D2860 #8D282E #8D5528

triadic

#8D282E #2E8D28 #282E8D

tetradic

#8D282E #608D28 #288D87 #55288D

square

#8D282E #608D28 #288D87 #55288D

split-complementary

#8D282E #288D55 #28608D

monochromatic

#2E0D0F #5D1A1E #8D282E #BD363E #D15E65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.48

#8D282E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8D282E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D282E

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D282E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D282E	1.00	8.48	2.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443F2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D552B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0A2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d282e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 40, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.136 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56966',
    500: '#8d282e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d282e;
$custom-light: #b56966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d282e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.436,
    "s": 55.801,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43599,
    "c": 0.13563,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D282E

secondary

#5AB7B1

accent

#DFD649

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D282E

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

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