#8D2D21#8D2D21

#8D2D21 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.132 H 30.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2D21
RGB	rgb(141, 45, 33)
HSL	hsl(7, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(7, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 76.6%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.25, 39.94, 29.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.25, 49.86, 36.76°)
OKLab	oklab(43.98% 0.1144 0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(43.98% 0.132 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.1987, 7.6511, 2.2730)
Luminance	0.0765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2D21 #21818D

analogous

#8D214B #8D2D21 #8D6321

triadic

#8D2D21 #218D2D #2D218D

tetradic

#8D2D21 #4B8D21 #21818D #63218D

square

#8D2D21 #4B8D21 #21818D #63218D

split-complementary

#8D2D21 #218D63 #214B8D

monochromatic

#2A0D0A #5B1D15 #8D2D21 #BF3D2D #D66152

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#8D2D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8D2D21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2D21

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2D21	1.00	8.30	2.53	8.30
#FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48411F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60561E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B112B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 45, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.132 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66b5d',
    500: '#8d2d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2d21;
$custom-light: #b66b5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.667,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4398,
    "c": 0.13243,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2D21

secondary

#50AEBA

accent

#D3E543

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2D21

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

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