#8D2938#8D2938

#8D2938 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.134 H 16.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2938
RGB	rgb(141, 41, 56)
HSL	hsl(351, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(351, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 60.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.00, 43.02, 15.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.00, 45.61, 19.38°)
OKLab	oklab(43.92% 0.1289 0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(43.92% 0.134 16.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.4925, 7.5359, 4.5374)
Luminance	0.0753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2938 #298D7E

analogous

#8D296A #8D2938 #8D4C29

triadic

#8D2938 #388D29 #29388D

tetradic

#8D2938 #6A8D29 #298D7E #4C298D

square

#8D2938 #6A8D29 #298D7E #4C298D

split-complementary

#8D2938 #298D4C #296A8D

monochromatic

#2E0D12 #5E1B25 #8D2938 #BC374B #D16071

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#8D2938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8D2938 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2938

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2938	1.00	8.38	2.51	8.38
#FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B112F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 41, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.134 16.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46a6e',
    500: '#8d2938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2938;
$custom-light: #b46a6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351,
    "s": 54.945,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43916,
    "c": 0.13419,
    "h": 16.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2938

secondary

#5BB6A9

accent

#DEC84A

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2938

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

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