#8D2338#8D2338

#8D2338 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.141 H 14.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2338
RGB	rgb(141, 35, 56)
HSL	hsl(348, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(348, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.2%, 60.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.15, 45.36, 14.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.15, 47.48, 17.16°)
OKLab	oklab(43.29% 0.1364 0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(43.29% 0.141 14.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.3006, 7.1521, 4.4734)
Luminance	0.0715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2338 #238D78

analogous

#8D236D #8D2338 #8D4323

triadic

#8D2338 #388D23 #23388D

tetradic

#8D2338 #6D8D23 #238D78 #43238D

square

#8D2338 #6D8D23 #238D78 #43238D

split-complementary

#8D2338 #238D43 #236D8D

monochromatic

#2B0B11 #5C1725 #8D2338 #BE2F4B #D5556F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.64

#8D2338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8D2338 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2338

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2338	1.00	8.64	2.43	8.64
#FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3E38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B022C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 35, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.141 14.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4676e',
    500: '#8d2338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2338;
$custom-light: #b4676e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.113,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43287,
    "c": 0.14072,
    "h": 14.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2338

secondary

#53B9A5

accent

#E3C444

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2338

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

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