#8D2B27#8D2B27

#8D2B27 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.133 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2B27
RGB	rgb(141, 43, 39)
HSL	hsl(2, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(2, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 72.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.00, 41.11, 25.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.00, 48.61, 32.26°)
OKLab	oklab(43.82% 0.1193 0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(43.82% 0.133 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.2159, 7.5387, 2.7309)
Luminance	0.0754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2B27 #27898D

analogous

#8D2756 #8D2B27 #8D5E27

triadic

#8D2B27 #278D2B #2B278D

tetradic

#8D2B27 #568D27 #27898D #5E278D

square

#8D2B27 #568D27 #27898D #5E278D

split-complementary

#8D2B27 #278D5E #27568D

monochromatic

#2D0E0C #5D1C1A #8D2B27 #BD3A34 #D2615C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#8D2B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8D2B27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2B27

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2B27	1.00	8.38	2.51	8.38
#FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464026

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5524

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0F2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 43, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.133 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56b61',
    500: '#8d2b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2b27;
$custom-light: #b56b61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.353,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43824,
    "c": 0.13338,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2B27

secondary

#59B3B7

accent

#DAE048

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2B27

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

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