#8D2835#8D2835

#8D2835 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.135 H 17.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2835
RGB	rgb(141, 40, 53)
HSL	hsl(352, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(352, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 62.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.79, 43.22, 16.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.79, 46.37, 21.25°)
OKLab	oklab(43.74% 0.129 0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(43.74% 0.135 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.3871, 7.4391, 4.1511)
Luminance	0.0744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2835 #288D80

analogous

#8D2867 #8D2835 #8D4D28

triadic

#8D2835 #358D28 #28358D

tetradic

#8D2835 #678D28 #288D80 #4D288D

square

#8D2835 #678D28 #288D80 #4D288D

split-complementary

#8D2835 #288D4D #28678D

monochromatic

#2E0D11 #5D1A23 #8D2835 #BD3647 #D15E6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.44

#8D2835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8D2835 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2835

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2835	1.00	8.44	2.49	8.44
#FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434035

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0D2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 40, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.135 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4696c',
    500: '#8d2835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2835;
$custom-light: #b4696c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.277,
    "s": 55.801,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43739,
    "c": 0.1353,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2835

secondary

#5AB7AB

accent

#DFCC49

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2835

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

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