#8D2537#8D2537

#8D2537 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.139 H 15.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2537
RGB	rgb(141, 37, 55)
HSL	hsl(350, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(350, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 61%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.40, 44.54, 14.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.40, 47.00, 18.60°)
OKLab	oklab(43.47% 0.1336 0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(43.47% 0.139 15.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.3369, 7.2634, 4.3661)
Luminance	0.0726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2537 #258D7B

analogous

#8D256B #8D2537 #8D4725

triadic

#8D2537 #378D25 #25378D

tetradic

#8D2537 #6B8D25 #258D7B #47258D

square

#8D2537 #6B8D25 #258D7B #47258D

split-complementary

#8D2537 #258D47 #256B8D

monochromatic

#2C0C11 #5D1824 #8D2537 #BD324A #D3596E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#8D2537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8D2537 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2537

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2537	1.00	8.56	2.45	8.56
#FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413E37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B072C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 37, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.139 15.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4686d',
    500: '#8d2537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2537;
$custom-light: #b4686d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.615,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43465,
    "c": 0.13857,
    "h": 15.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2537

secondary

#56B8A7

accent

#E2C746

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2537

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

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