#8D2223#8D2223

#8D2223 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.143 H 25.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2223
RGB	rgb(141, 34, 35)
HSL	hsl(359, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(359, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.9%, 75.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.65, 44.49, 26.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.65, 51.96, 31.10°)
OKLab	oklab(42.79% 0.1291 0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(42.79% 0.143 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.8613, 6.9299, 2.3028)
Luminance	0.0693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2223 #228D8C

analogous

#8D2259 #8D2223 #8D5722

triadic

#8D2223 #238D22 #22238D

tetradic

#8D2223 #598D22 #228D8C #57228D

square

#8D2223 #598D22 #228D8C #57228D

split-complementary

#8D2223 #228D57 #22598D

monochromatic

#2A0A0B #5C1617 #8D2223 #BE2E2F #D65455

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#8D2223 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8D2223 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2223

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2223	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2223	1.00	8.80	2.39	8.80
#FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423C22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C531F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2223;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 34, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.143 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6665e',
    500: '#8d2223',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2223;
$custom-light: #b6665e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2223",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.439,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42793,
    "c": 0.14267,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2223

secondary

#51B9B8

accent

#E4E344

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2223

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

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