#8D2137#8D2137

#8D2137 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.143 H 14.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2137
RGB	rgb(141, 33, 55)
HSL	hsl(348, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(348, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.6%, 61%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.87, 46.01, 14.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.87, 48.18, 17.25°)
OKLab	oklab(43.07% 0.1383 0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(43.07% 0.143 14.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.2192, 7.0280, 4.3268)
Luminance	0.0703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2137 #218D77

analogous

#8D216D #8D2137 #8D4121

triadic

#8D2137 #378D21 #21378D

tetradic

#8D2137 #6D8D21 #218D77 #41218D

square

#8D2137 #6D8D21 #218D77 #41218D

split-complementary

#8D2137 #218D41 #216D8D

monochromatic

#2A0A10 #5B1524 #8D2137 #BF2D4A #D6526D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#8D2137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8D2137 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2137

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2137	1.00	8.73	2.41	8.73
#FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 33, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.143 14.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5666d',
    500: '#8d2137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2137;
$custom-light: #b5666d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.778,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43073,
    "c": 0.14271,
    "h": 14.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2137

secondary

#50BAA4

accent

#E5C443

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2137

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

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