#8D2838#8D2838

#8D2838 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.135 H 15.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2838
RGB	rgb(141, 40, 56)
HSL	hsl(350, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(350, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 60.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.85, 43.43, 14.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.85, 45.93, 18.98°)
OKLab	oklab(43.81% 0.1302 0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(43.81% 0.135 15.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.4583, 7.4676, 4.5260)
Luminance	0.0747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2838 #288D7D

analogous

#8D286A #8D2838 #8D4A28

triadic

#8D2838 #388D28 #28388D

tetradic

#8D2838 #6A8D28 #288D7D #4A288D

square

#8D2838 #6A8D28 #288D7D #4A288D

split-complementary

#8D2838 #288D4A #286A8D

monochromatic

#2E0D12 #5D1A25 #8D2838 #BD364B #D15E70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.42

#8D2838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8D2838 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2838

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2838	1.00	8.42	2.49	8.42
#FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#424038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0F2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 40, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.135 15.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4696e',
    500: '#8d2838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2838;
$custom-light: #b4696e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.495,
    "s": 55.801,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43806,
    "c": 0.13532,
    "h": 15.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2838

secondary

#5AB7A8

accent

#DFC749

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2838

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

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