#8D232F#8D232F

#8D232F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.141 H 19.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D232F
RGB	rgb(141, 35, 47)
HSL	hsl(353, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(353, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.2%, 66.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.97, 44.76, 19.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.97, 48.87, 23.67°)
OKLab	oklab(43.1% 0.1327 0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(43.1% 0.141 19.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.0999, 7.0718, 3.4166)
Luminance	0.0707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D232F #238D81

analogous

#8D2364 #8D232F #8D4C23

triadic

#8D232F #2F8D23 #232F8D

tetradic

#8D232F #648D23 #238D81 #4C238D

square

#8D232F #648D23 #238D81 #4C238D

split-complementary

#8D232F #238D4C #23648D

monochromatic

#2B0B0E #5C171F #8D232F #BE2F3F #D55564

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#8D232F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8D232F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D232F

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D232F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D232F	1.00	8.70	2.41	8.70
#FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413D2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C532C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d232f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 35, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.141 19.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56767',
    500: '#8d232f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d232f;
$custom-light: #b56767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d232f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.208,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43095,
    "c": 0.14067,
    "h": 19.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D232F

secondary

#53B9AD

accent

#E3D144

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D232F

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

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