#8D2C29#8D2C29

#8D2C29 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.132 H 25.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2C29
RGB	rgb(141, 44, 41)
HSL	hsl(2, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(2, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 70.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.19, 40.78, 24.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.19, 47.80, 31.44°)
OKLab	oklab(43.97% 0.1188 0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(43.97% 0.132 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.2867, 7.6259, 2.9224)
Luminance	0.0762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2C29 #298A8D

analogous

#8D2958 #8D2C29 #8D5E29

triadic

#8D2C29 #298D2C #2C298D

tetradic

#8D2C29 #588D29 #298A8D #5E298D

square

#8D2C29 #588D29 #298A8D #5E298D

split-complementary

#8D2C29 #298D5E #29588D

monochromatic

#2E0E0D #5E1D1B #8D2C29 #BC3B37 #D16360

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.32

#8D2C29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8D2C29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2C29

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2C29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2C29	1.00	8.32	2.52	8.32
#FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5626

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B122C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2c29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 44, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.132 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56b63',
    500: '#8d2c29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2c29;
$custom-light: #b56b63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2c29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.8,
    "s": 54.945,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43974,
    "c": 0.13203,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2C29

secondary

#5BB4B6

accent

#DADE4A

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2C29

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

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