#8D3527#8D3527

#8D3527 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.123 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D3527
RGB	rgb(141, 53, 39)
HSL	hsl(8, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(8, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 72.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.72, 36.51, 27.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.72, 45.98, 37.42°)
OKLab	oklab(45.11% 0.1049 0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(45.11% 0.123 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.6251, 8.3571, 2.8673)
Luminance	0.0835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D3527 #277F8D

analogous

#8D274C #8D3527 #8D6827

triadic

#8D3527 #278D35 #35278D

tetradic

#8D3527 #4C8D27 #277F8D #68278D

square

#8D3527 #4C8D27 #277F8D #68278D

split-complementary

#8D3527 #278D68 #274C8D

monochromatic

#2D110C #5D231A #8D3527 #BD4734 #D26D5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.86

#8D3527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#8D3527 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D3527

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D3527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D3527	1.00	7.86	2.67	7.86
#FFFFFF	7.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635924

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B2132

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d3527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 53, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.123 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b57061',
    500: '#8d3527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d3527;
$custom-light: #b57061;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d3527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.235,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45111,
    "c": 0.12287,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D3527

secondary

#59AAB7

accent

#CBE048

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECEA

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120805

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D3527

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

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