#8D2F28#8D2F28

#8D2F28 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.129 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2F28
RGB	rgb(141, 47, 40)
HSL	hsl(4, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(4, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 71.6%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.67, 39.39, 26.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.67, 47.26, 33.54°)
OKLab	oklab(44.33% 0.1142 0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(44.33% 0.129 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.3853, 7.8507, 2.8702)
Luminance	0.0785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2F28 #28868D

analogous

#8D2854 #8D2F28 #8D6128

triadic

#8D2F28 #288D2F #2F288D

tetradic

#8D2F28 #548D28 #28868D #61288D

square

#8D2F28 #548D28 #28868D #61288D

split-complementary

#8D2F28 #288D61 #28548D

monochromatic

#2E0F0D #5D1F1A #8D2F28 #BD3F36 #D1665E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.17

#8D2F28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#8D2F28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2F28

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2F28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2F28	1.00	8.17	2.57	8.17
#FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605725

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B172E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2f28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 47, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.129 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56d62',
    500: '#8d2f28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2f28;
$custom-light: #b56d62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2f28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.158,
    "s": 55.801,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44328,
    "c": 0.12904,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2F28

secondary

#5AB0B7

accent

#D5DF49

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECEA

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2F28

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