#8D232A#8D232A

#8D232A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.141 H 22.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D232A
RGB	rgb(141, 35, 42)
HSL	hsl(356, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(356, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.2%, 70.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.88, 44.47, 22.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.88, 49.94, 27.07°)
OKLab	oklab(43% 0.1307 0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(43% 0.141 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.0048, 7.0338, 2.9156)
Luminance	0.0703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D232A #238D86

analogous

#8D235F #8D232A #8D5123

triadic

#8D232A #2A8D23 #232A8D

tetradic

#8D232A #5F8D23 #238D86 #51238D

square

#8D232A #5F8D23 #238D86 #51238D

split-complementary

#8D232A #238D51 #235F8D

monochromatic

#2B0B0D #5C171B #8D232A #BE2F39 #D5555E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#8D232A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8D232A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D232A

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D232A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D232A	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)

#413D29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d232a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 35, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.141 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56763',
    500: '#8d232a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d232a;
$custom-light: #b56763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d232a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.038,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43003,
    "c": 0.14099,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D232A

secondary

#53B9B2

accent

#E3D944

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D232A

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

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