#8D2939#8D2939

#8D2939 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.134 H 15.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2939
RGB	rgb(141, 41, 57)
HSL	hsl(350, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(350, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 59.6%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.02, 43.10, 14.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.02, 45.48, 18.62°)
OKLab	oklab(43.94% 0.1293 0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(43.94% 0.134 15.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.5172, 7.5457, 4.6675)
Luminance	0.0754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2939 #298D7D

analogous

#8D296B #8D2939 #8D4B29

triadic

#8D2939 #398D29 #29398D

tetradic

#8D2939 #6B8D29 #298D7D #4B298D

square

#8D2939 #6B8D29 #298D7D #4B298D

split-complementary

#8D2939 #298D4B #296B8D

monochromatic

#2E0D13 #5E1B26 #8D2939 #BC374C #D16072

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.37

#8D2939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8D2939 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2939

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2939	1.00	8.37	2.51	8.37
#FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434039

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A1130

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 41, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.134 15.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46a6f',
    500: '#8d2939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2939;
$custom-light: #b46a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.4,
    "s": 54.945,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43939,
    "c": 0.13421,
    "h": 15.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2939

secondary

#5BB6A8

accent

#DEC64A

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2939

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

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