#8D2937#8D2937

#8D2937 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.134 H 16.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2937
RGB	rgb(141, 41, 55)
HSL	hsl(352, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(352, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 61%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.98, 42.95, 15.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.98, 45.75, 20.15°)
OKLab	oklab(43.89% 0.1285 0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(43.89% 0.134 16.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.4682, 7.5262, 4.4098)
Luminance	0.0752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2937 #298D7F

analogous

#8D2969 #8D2937 #8D4D29

triadic

#8D2937 #378D29 #29378D

tetradic

#8D2937 #698D29 #298D7F #4D298D

square

#8D2937 #698D29 #298D7F #4D298D

split-complementary

#8D2937 #298D4D #29698D

monochromatic

#2E0D12 #5E1B25 #8D2937 #BC3749 #D16070

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#8D2937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8D2937 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2937

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2937	1.00	8.38	2.50	8.38
#FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B112F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 41, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.134 16.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46a6d',
    500: '#8d2937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2937;
$custom-light: #b46a6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.6,
    "s": 54.945,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43894,
    "c": 0.13418,
    "h": 16.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2937

secondary

#5BB6AA

accent

#DEC94A

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2937

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

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