#8F231D#8F231D

#8F231D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.145 H 28.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F231D
RGB	rgb(143, 35, 29)
HSL	hsl(3, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(3, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 79.7%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.11, 44.53, 31.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.11, 54.30, 34.91°)
OKLab	oklab(43.18% 0.1277 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(43.18% 0.145 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.1519, 7.1323, 1.8990)
Luminance	0.0713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8F231D #1D898F

analogous

#8F1D50 #8F231D #8F5C1D

triadic

#8F231D #1D8F23 #231D8F

tetradic

#8F231D #508F1D #1D898F #5C1D8F

square

#8F231D #508F1D #1D898F #5C1D8F

split-complementary

#8F231D #1D8F5C #1D508F

monochromatic

#290A08 #5C1713 #8F231D #C22F27 #DB534C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.66

#8F231D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8F231D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F231D

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F231D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F231D	1.00	8.66	2.43	8.66
#FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443C1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5418

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f231d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 35, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.145 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8675a',
    500: '#8f231d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f231d;
$custom-light: #b8675a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f231d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.158,
    "s": 66.279,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43184,
    "c": 0.14472,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F231D

secondary

#4BB7BD

accent

#E0E93F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F231D

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

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