#8D2123#8D2123

#8D2123 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.144 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2123
RGB	rgb(141, 33, 35)
HSL	hsl(359, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(359, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.6%, 75.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.52, 44.85, 26.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.52, 52.19, 30.76°)
OKLab	oklab(42.7% 0.1303 0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(42.7% 0.144 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.8331, 6.8736, 2.2935)
Luminance	0.0687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2123 #218D8B

analogous

#8D2159 #8D2123 #8D5521

triadic

#8D2123 #238D21 #21238D

tetradic

#8D2123 #598D21 #218D8B #55218D

square

#8D2123 #598D21 #218D8B #55218D

split-complementary

#8D2123 #218D55 #21598D

monochromatic

#2A0A0A #5B1517 #8D2123 #BF2D2F #D65254

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#8D2123 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8D2123 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2123

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2123	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2123	1.00	8.84	2.37	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413B22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C531F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2123;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 33, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.144 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6665e',
    500: '#8d2123',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2123;
$custom-light: #b6665e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2123",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.889,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42697,
    "c": 0.14357,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2123

secondary

#50BAB8

accent

#E5E243

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2123

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

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