#8D2232#8D2232

#8D2232 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.142 H 17.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2232
RGB	rgb(141, 34, 50)
HSL	hsl(351, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(351, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.9%, 64.5%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.90, 45.32, 17.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.90, 48.61, 21.21°)
OKLab	oklab(43.06% 0.1351 0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(43.06% 0.142 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.1335, 7.0388, 3.7367)
Luminance	0.0704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2232 #228D7D

analogous

#8D2268 #8D2232 #8D4822

triadic

#8D2232 #328D22 #22328D

tetradic

#8D2232 #688D22 #228D7D #48228D

square

#8D2232 #688D22 #228D7D #48228D

split-complementary

#8D2232 #228D48 #22688D

monochromatic

#2A0A0F #5C1621 #8D2232 #BE2E43 #D65467

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#8D2232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8D2232 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2232

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2232	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)

#403D32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B532F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 34, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.142 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56669',
    500: '#8d2232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2232;
$custom-light: #b56669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.028,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43057,
    "c": 0.14159,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2232

secondary

#51B9AA

accent

#E4CC44

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2232

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

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