#8D283B#8D283B

#8D283B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.135 H 13.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D283B
RGB	rgb(141, 40, 59)
HSL	hsl(349, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(349, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 58.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.91, 43.66, 13.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.91, 45.58, 16.68°)
OKLab	oklab(43.88% 0.1315 0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(43.88% 0.135 13.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.5339, 7.4978, 4.9240)
Luminance	0.0750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D283B #288D7A

analogous

#8D286D #8D283B #8D4728

triadic

#8D283B #3B8D28 #283B8D

tetradic

#8D283B #6D8D28 #288D7A #47288D

square

#8D283B #6D8D28 #288D7A #47288D

split-complementary

#8D283B #288D47 #286D8D

monochromatic

#2E0D13 #5D1A27 #8D283B #BD364F #D15E74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#8D283B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8D283B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D283B

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D283B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D283B	1.00	8.40	2.50	8.40
#FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#42403B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A1030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d283b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 40, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.135 13.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46970',
    500: '#8d283b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d283b;
$custom-light: #b46970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d283b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.713,
    "s": 55.801,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43876,
    "c": 0.13545,
    "h": 13.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D283B

secondary

#5AB7A5

accent

#DFC349

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D283B

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

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