#8D2D27#8D2D27

#8D2D27 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.131 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2D27
RGB	rgb(141, 45, 39)
HSL	hsl(4, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(4, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 72.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.32, 40.24, 26.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.32, 48.08, 33.19°)
OKLab	oklab(44.06% 0.1166 0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(44.06% 0.131 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.2904, 7.6877, 2.7558)
Luminance	0.0769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2D27 #27878D

analogous

#8D2754 #8D2D27 #8D6027

triadic

#8D2D27 #278D2D #2D278D

tetradic

#8D2D27 #548D27 #27878D #60278D

square

#8D2D27 #548D27 #27878D #60278D

split-complementary

#8D2D27 #278D60 #27548D

monochromatic

#2D0E0C #5D1E1A #8D2D27 #BD3C34 #D2635C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.28

#8D2D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#8D2D27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2D27

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2D27	1.00	8.28	2.54	8.28
#FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484126

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605624

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B132C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 45, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.131 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56c61',
    500: '#8d2d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2d27;
$custom-light: #b56c61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.529,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44064,
    "c": 0.13131,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2D27

secondary

#59B2B7

accent

#D7E048

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2D27

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

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