#8D2738#8D2738

#8D2738 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.136 H 15.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2738
RGB	rgb(141, 39, 56)
HSL	hsl(350, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(350, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.3%, 60.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.70, 43.83, 14.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.70, 46.25, 18.59°)
OKLab	oklab(43.7% 0.1315 0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(43.7% 0.136 15.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.4250, 7.4010, 4.5149)
Luminance	0.0740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2738 #278D7C

analogous

#8D276B #8D2738 #8D4927

triadic

#8D2738 #388D27 #27388D

tetradic

#8D2738 #6B8D27 #278D7C #49278D

square

#8D2738 #6B8D27 #278D7C #49278D

split-complementary

#8D2738 #278D49 #276B8D

monochromatic

#2D0C12 #5D1A25 #8D2738 #BD344B #D25C70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.47

#8D2738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8D2738 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2738

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2738	1.00	8.47	2.48	8.47
#FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423F38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0C2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 39, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.136 15.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4696e',
    500: '#8d2738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2738;
$custom-light: #b4696e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43698,
    "c": 0.13643,
    "h": 15.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2738

secondary

#59B7A7

accent

#E0C748

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2738

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

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