#8D233B#8D233B

#8D233B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.141 H 12.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D233B
RGB	rgb(141, 35, 59)
HSL	hsl(346, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(346, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.2%, 58.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.22, 45.59, 12.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.22, 47.18, 14.90°)
OKLab	oklab(43.36% 0.1377 0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(43.36% 0.141 12.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.3761, 7.1823, 4.8715)
Luminance	0.0718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D233B #238D75

analogous

#8D2370 #8D233B #8D4023

triadic

#8D233B #3B8D23 #233B8D

tetradic

#8D233B #708D23 #238D75 #40238D

square

#8D233B #708D23 #238D75 #40238D

split-complementary

#8D233B #238D40 #23708D

monochromatic

#2B0B12 #5C1726 #8D233B #BE2F50 #D55572

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.62

#8D233B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8D233B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D233B

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D233B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D233B	1.00	8.62	2.44	8.62
#FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3E3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A042D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d233b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 35, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.141 12.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46770',
    500: '#8d233b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d233b;
$custom-light: #b46770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d233b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.415,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4336,
    "c": 0.14096,
    "h": 12.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D233B

secondary

#53B9A2

accent

#E3BF44

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D233B

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

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