#8D2839#8D2839

#8D2839 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.135 H 15.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2839
RGB	rgb(141, 40, 57)
HSL	hsl(350, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(350, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 59.6%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.87, 43.51, 14.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.87, 45.80, 18.22°)
OKLab	oklab(43.83% 0.1306 0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(43.83% 0.135 15.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.4830, 7.4774, 4.6561)
Luminance	0.0748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2839 #288D7C

analogous

#8D286B #8D2839 #8D4928

triadic

#8D2839 #398D28 #28398D

tetradic

#8D2839 #6B8D28 #288D7C #49288D

square

#8D2839 #6B8D28 #288D7C #49288D

split-complementary

#8D2839 #288D49 #286B8D

monochromatic

#2E0D12 #5D1A26 #8D2839 #BD364C #D15E71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.42

#8D2839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8D2839 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2839

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2839	1.00	8.42	2.50	8.42
#FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#424039

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0F2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 40, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.135 15.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4696f',
    500: '#8d2839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2839;
$custom-light: #b4696f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.901,
    "s": 55.801,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43829,
    "c": 0.13534,
    "h": 15.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2839

secondary

#5AB7A7

accent

#DFC649

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2839

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

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