#8D2C16#8D2C16

#8D2C16 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.136 H 34.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2C16
RGB	rgb(141, 44, 22)
HSL	hsl(11, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(11, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 84.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.97, 39.97, 35.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.97, 53.58, 41.75°)
OKLab	oklab(43.74% 0.1123 0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(43.74% 0.136 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.0314, 7.5238, 1.5776)
Luminance	0.0752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2C16 #16778D

analogous

#8D163C #8D2C16 #8D6716

triadic

#8D2C16 #168D2C #2C168D

tetradic

#8D2C16 #3C8D16 #16778D #67168D

square

#8D2C16 #3C8D16 #16778D #67168D

split-complementary

#8D2C16 #168D67 #163C8D

monochromatic

#230B05 #581B0E #8D2C16 #C23D1E #E15B3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.39

#8D2C16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8D2C16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2C16

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2C16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2C16	1.00	8.39	2.50	8.39
#FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484012

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605511

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0C28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2c16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 44, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.136 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66b55',
    500: '#8d2c16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2c16;
$custom-light: #b66b55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2c16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.092,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43738,
    "c": 0.13558,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2C16

secondary

#3EA8C1

accent

#CEF038

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2C16

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

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