#8D2138#8D2138

#8D2138 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.143 H 13.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2138
RGB	rgb(141, 33, 56)
HSL	hsl(347, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(347, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.6%, 60.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.89, 46.08, 13.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.89, 48.07, 16.51°)
OKLab	oklab(43.1% 0.1387 0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(43.1% 0.143 13.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.2434, 7.0377, 4.4543)
Luminance	0.0704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2138 #218D76

analogous

#8D216E #8D2138 #8D4021

triadic

#8D2138 #388D21 #21388D

tetradic

#8D2138 #6E8D21 #218D76 #40218D

square

#8D2138 #6E8D21 #218D76 #40218D

split-complementary

#8D2138 #218D40 #216E8D

monochromatic

#2A0A11 #5B1524 #8D2138 #BF2D4C #D6526E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#8D2138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8D2138 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2138

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2138	1.00	8.72	2.41	8.72
#FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3D38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 33, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.143 13.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5666e',
    500: '#8d2138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2138;
$custom-light: #b5666e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.222,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43096,
    "c": 0.14278,
    "h": 13.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2138

secondary

#50BAA3

accent

#E5C343

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2138

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

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