#8D223B#8D223B

#8D223B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.142 H 12.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D223B
RGB	rgb(141, 34, 59)
HSL	hsl(346, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(346, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.9%, 58.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.09, 45.95, 11.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.09, 47.48, 14.59°)
OKLab	oklab(43.26% 0.1388 0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(43.26% 0.142 12.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.3471, 7.1243, 4.8618)
Luminance	0.0712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D223B #228D74

analogous

#8D2271 #8D223B #8D3E22

triadic

#8D223B #3B8D22 #223B8D

tetradic

#8D223B #718D22 #228D74 #3E228D

square

#8D223B #718D22 #228D74 #3E228D

split-complementary

#8D223B #228D3E #22718D

monochromatic

#2A0A12 #5C1626 #8D223B #BE2E50 #D65472

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.66

#8D223B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8D223B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D223B

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D223B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D223B	1.00	8.66	2.42	8.66
#FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3E3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A022C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d223b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 34, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.142 12.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46770',
    500: '#8d223b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d223b;
$custom-light: #b46770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d223b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.981,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43263,
    "c": 0.142,
    "h": 12.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D223B

secondary

#51B9A1

accent

#E4BF44

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D223B

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

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