#8D232C#8D232C

#8D232C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.141 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D232C
RGB	rgb(141, 35, 44)
HSL	hsl(355, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(355, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.2%, 68.8%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.92, 44.58, 21.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.92, 49.49, 25.73°)
OKLab	oklab(43.04% 0.1315 0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(43.04% 0.141 21)
XYZ	xyz(12.0415, 7.0484, 3.1088)
Luminance	0.0705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D232C #238D84

analogous

#8D2361 #8D232C #8D4F23

triadic

#8D232C #2C8D23 #232C8D

tetradic

#8D232C #618D23 #238D84 #4F238D

square

#8D232C #618D23 #238D84 #4F238D

split-complementary

#8D232C #238D4F #23618D

monochromatic

#2B0B0D #5C171D #8D232C #BE2F3B #D55560

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#8D232C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8D232C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D232C

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D232C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D232C	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)

#413D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5329

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d232c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 35, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.141 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56765',
    500: '#8d232c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d232c;
$custom-light: #b56765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d232c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.906,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43038,
    "c": 0.14084,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.07047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D232C

secondary

#53B9B0

accent

#E3D644

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D232C

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

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