#8D2238#8D2238

#8D2238 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.142 H 13.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2238
RGB	rgb(141, 34, 56)
HSL	hsl(348, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(348, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.9%, 60.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.02, 45.73, 13.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.02, 47.77, 16.83°)
OKLab	oklab(43.19% 0.1376 0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(43.19% 0.142 13.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.2716, 7.0941, 4.4637)
Luminance	0.0709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2238 #228D77

analogous

#8D226E #8D2238 #8D4222

triadic

#8D2238 #388D22 #22388D

tetradic

#8D2238 #6E8D22 #228D77 #42228D

square

#8D2238 #6E8D22 #228D77 #42228D

split-complementary

#8D2238 #228D42 #226E8D

monochromatic

#2A0A11 #5C1624 #8D2238 #BE2E4C #D6546E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.68

#8D2238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8D2238 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2238

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2238	1.00	8.68	2.42	8.68
#FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3D38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 34, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.142 13.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5676e',
    500: '#8d2238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2238;
$custom-light: #b5676e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.664,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43191,
    "c": 0.14175,
    "h": 13.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2238

secondary

#51B9A4

accent

#E4C344

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2238

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

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