#8D2931#8D2931

#8D2931 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.134 H 20.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2931
RGB	rgb(141, 41, 49)
HSL	hsl(355, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(355, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 65.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.86, 42.54, 19.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.86, 46.78, 24.59°)
OKLab	oklab(43.77% 0.126 0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(43.77% 0.134 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.3331, 7.4721, 3.6980)
Luminance	0.0747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2931 #298D85

analogous

#8D2963 #8D2931 #8D5329

triadic

#8D2931 #318D29 #29318D

tetradic

#8D2931 #638D29 #298D85 #53298D

square

#8D2931 #638D29 #298D85 #53298D

split-complementary

#8D2931 #298D53 #29638D

monochromatic

#2E0D10 #5E1B21 #8D2931 #BC3741 #D16069

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.42

#8D2931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8D2931 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2931

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2931	1.00	8.42	2.49	8.42
#FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D552E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0E2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 41, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.134 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56a69',
    500: '#8d2931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2931;
$custom-light: #b56a69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.2,
    "s": 54.945,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43768,
    "c": 0.13435,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2931

secondary

#5BB6AF

accent

#DED24A

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2931

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

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