#8D2A27#8D2A27

#8D2A27 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.134 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2A27
RGB	rgb(141, 42, 39)
HSL	hsl(2, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(2, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 72.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.85, 41.53, 25.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.85, 48.87, 31.81°)
OKLab	oklab(43.71% 0.1207 0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(43.71% 0.134 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.1800, 7.4669, 2.7190)
Luminance	0.0746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2A27 #278A8D

analogous

#8D2757 #8D2A27 #8D5D27

triadic

#8D2A27 #278D2A #2A278D

tetradic

#8D2A27 #578D27 #278A8D #5D278D

square

#8D2A27 #578D27 #278A8D #5D278D

split-complementary

#8D2A27 #278D5D #27578D

monochromatic

#2D0D0C #5D1C1A #8D2A27 #BD3834 #D2605C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.42

#8D2A27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8D2A27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2A27

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2A27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2A27	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)

#464026

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5524

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0C2A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2a27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 42, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.134 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56a61',
    500: '#8d2a27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2a27;
$custom-light: #b56a61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2a27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.765,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43707,
    "c": 0.1344,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2A27

secondary

#59B4B7

accent

#DBE048

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2A27

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

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