#8D2438#8D2438

#8D2438 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.140 H 14.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2438
RGB	rgb(141, 36, 56)
HSL	hsl(349, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(349, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 60.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.28, 44.99, 14.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.28, 47.18, 17.50°)
OKLab	oklab(43.39% 0.1352 0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(43.39% 0.14 14.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.3304, 7.2118, 4.4833)
Luminance	0.0721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2438 #248D79

analogous

#8D246D #8D2438 #8D4424

triadic

#8D2438 #388D24 #24388D

tetradic

#8D2438 #6D8D24 #248D79 #44248D

square

#8D2438 #6D8D24 #248D79 #44248D

split-complementary

#8D2438 #248D44 #246D8D

monochromatic

#2B0B11 #5C1825 #8D2438 #BE304B #D4576F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.60

#8D2438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8D2438 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2438

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2438	1.00	8.60	2.44	8.60
#FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403E38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B052C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 36, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.140 14.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4686e',
    500: '#8d2438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2438;
$custom-light: #b4686e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.571,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43386,
    "c": 0.13967,
    "h": 14.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2438

secondary

#54B8A5

accent

#E3C545

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2438

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

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