#8D2E28#8D2E28

#8D2E28 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.130 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2E28
RGB	rgb(141, 46, 40)
HSL	hsl(4, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(4, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 71.6%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.50, 39.85, 25.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.50, 47.53, 33.04°)
OKLab	oklab(44.2% 0.1156 0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(44.2% 0.13 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.3458, 7.7717, 2.8571)
Luminance	0.0777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2E28 #28878D

analogous

#8D2855 #8D2E28 #8D6028

triadic

#8D2E28 #288D2E #2E288D

tetradic

#8D2E28 #558D28 #28878D #60288D

square

#8D2E28 #558D28 #28878D #60288D

split-complementary

#8D2E28 #288D60 #28558D

monochromatic

#2E0F0D #5D1E1A #8D2E28 #BD3E36 #D1655E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#8D2E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#8D2E28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2E28

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2E28	1.00	8.22	2.55	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605625

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B152D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 46, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.130 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56c62',
    500: '#8d2e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2e28;
$custom-light: #b56c62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.564,
    "s": 55.801,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44203,
    "c": 0.13009,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2E28

secondary

#5AB1B7

accent

#D6DF49

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECEA

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2E28

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