#8D2437#8D2437

#8D2437 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.140 H 15.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2437
RGB	rgb(141, 36, 55)
HSL	hsl(349, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(349, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 61%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.26, 44.92, 14.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.26, 47.30, 18.25°)
OKLab	oklab(43.36% 0.1348 0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(43.36% 0.14 15.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.3062, 7.2021, 4.3558)
Luminance	0.0720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2437 #248D7A

analogous

#8D246C #8D2437 #8D4624

triadic

#8D2437 #378D24 #24378D

tetradic

#8D2437 #6C8D24 #248D7A #46248D

square

#8D2437 #6C8D24 #248D7A #46248D

split-complementary

#8D2437 #248D46 #246C8D

monochromatic

#2B0B11 #5C1824 #8D2437 #BE304A #D4576E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.61

#8D2437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8D2437 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2437

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2437	1.00	8.61	2.44	8.61
#FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403E37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B042C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 36, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.140 15.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4676d',
    500: '#8d2437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2437;
$custom-light: #b4676d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.143,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43363,
    "c": 0.13963,
    "h": 15.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2437

secondary

#54B8A6

accent

#E3C645

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2437

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

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