#8D2231#8D2231

#8D2231 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.142 H 18.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2231
RGB	rgb(141, 34, 49)
HSL	hsl(352, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(352, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.9%, 65.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.88, 45.25, 18.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.88, 48.78, 21.92°)
OKLab	oklab(43.04% 0.1347 0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(43.04% 0.142 18)
XYZ	xyz(12.1122, 7.0303, 3.6243)
Luminance	0.0703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2231 #228D7E

analogous

#8D2267 #8D2231 #8D4922

triadic

#8D2231 #318D22 #22318D

tetradic

#8D2231 #678D22 #228D7E #49228D

square

#8D2231 #678D22 #228D7E #49228D

split-complementary

#8D2231 #228D49 #22678D

monochromatic

#2A0A0F #5C1620 #8D2231 #BE2E42 #D65466

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#8D2231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8D2231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2231

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2231	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)

#403D31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B532E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 34, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.142 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56668',
    500: '#8d2231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2231;
$custom-light: #b56668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.589,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43037,
    "c": 0.1416,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.07029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2231

secondary

#51B9AB

accent

#E4CE44

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2231

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

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