#8F2829#8F2829

#8F2829 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.138 H 24.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F2829
RGB	rgb(143, 40, 41)
HSL	hsl(359, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(359, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 71.3%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.96, 43.15, 24.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.96, 49.74, 29.84°)
OKLab	oklab(43.87% 0.126 0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(43.87% 0.138 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.4881, 7.5192, 2.8912)
Luminance	0.0752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F2829 #288F8E

analogous

#8F285C #8F2829 #8F5A28

triadic

#8F2829 #298F28 #28298F

tetradic

#8F2829 #5C8F28 #288F8E #5A288F

square

#8F2829 #5C8F28 #288F8E #5A288F

split-complementary

#8F2829 #288F5A #285C8F

monochromatic

#2F0D0E #5F1B1B #8F2829 #BF3537 #D25F60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.39

#8F2829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8F2829 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F2829

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F2829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F2829	1.00	8.39	2.50	8.39
#FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453F28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5626

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D052A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f2829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 40, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.138 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76963',
    500: '#8f2829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f2829;
$custom-light: #b76963;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f2829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.417,
    "s": 56.284,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43872,
    "c": 0.13835,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F2829

secondary

#5BB8B7

accent

#E0DE48

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130705

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F2829

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

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