#8D2323#8D2323

#8D2323 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.142 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2323
RGB	rgb(141, 35, 35)
HSL	hsl(0, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(0, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.2%, 75.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.78, 44.12, 26.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.78, 51.72, 31.46°)
OKLab	oklab(42.89% 0.128 0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(42.89% 0.142 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.8903, 6.9880, 2.3125)
Luminance	0.0699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2323 #238D8D

analogous

#8D2358 #8D2323 #8D5823

triadic

#8D2323 #238D23 #23238D

tetradic

#8D2323 #588D23 #238D8D #58238D

square

#8D2323 #588D23 #238D8D #58238D

split-complementary

#8D2323 #238D58 #23588D

monochromatic

#2B0B0B #5C1717 #8D2323 #BE2F2F #D55555

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.76

#8D2323 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8D2323 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2323

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2323	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2323	1.00	8.76	2.40	8.76
#FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423C22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D531F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2323;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 35, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.142 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6675e',
    500: '#8d2323',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2323;
$custom-light: #b6675e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2323",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42892,
    "c": 0.14176,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2323

secondary

#53B9B9

accent

#E3E344

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2323

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

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