#8D2423#8D2423

#8D2423 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.141 H 25.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2423
RGB	rgb(141, 36, 35)
HSL	hsl(1, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(1, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 75.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.91, 43.74, 27.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.91, 51.48, 31.82°)
OKLab	oklab(42.99% 0.1268 0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(42.99% 0.141 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.9201, 7.0476, 2.3225)
Luminance	0.0705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2423 #238C8D

analogous

#8D2357 #8D2423 #8D5923

triadic

#8D2423 #238D24 #24238D

tetradic

#8D2423 #578D23 #238C8D #59238D

square

#8D2423 #578D23 #238C8D #59238D

split-complementary

#8D2423 #238D59 #23578D

monochromatic

#2B0B0B #5C1717 #8D2423 #BE312F #D55755

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#8D2423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8D2423 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2423

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2423	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)

#433D22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D531F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 36, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.141 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6675e',
    500: '#8d2423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2423;
$custom-light: #b6675e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.566,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42993,
    "c": 0.14083,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2423

secondary

#53B8B9

accent

#E2E344

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2423

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

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