#8D232E#8D232E

#8D232E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.141 H 19.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D232E
RGB	rgb(141, 35, 46)
HSL	hsl(354, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(354, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.2%, 67.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.95, 44.70, 20.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.95, 49.07, 24.37°)
OKLab	oklab(43.08% 0.1323 0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(43.08% 0.141 19.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.0800, 7.0638, 3.3116)
Luminance	0.0706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D232E #238D82

analogous

#8D2363 #8D232E #8D4D23

triadic

#8D232E #2E8D23 #232E8D

tetradic

#8D232E #638D23 #238D82 #4D238D

square

#8D232E #638D23 #238D82 #4D238D

split-complementary

#8D232E #238D4D #23638D

monochromatic

#2B0B0E #5C171E #8D232E #BE2F3E #D55563

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.71

#8D232E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8D232E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D232E

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D232E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D232E	1.00	8.71	2.41	8.71
#FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C532B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d232e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 35, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.141 19.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56766',
    500: '#8d232e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d232e;
$custom-light: #b56766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d232e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.774,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43075,
    "c": 0.14072,
    "h": 19.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D232E

secondary

#53B9AE

accent

#E3D344

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D232E

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

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