#8D2A23#8D2A23

#8D2A23 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.135 H 28.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2A23
RGB	rgb(141, 42, 35)
HSL	hsl(4, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(4, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 75.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.79, 41.34, 28.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.79, 50.00, 34.25°)
OKLab	oklab(43.65% 0.1192 0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(43.65% 0.135 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.1172, 7.4418, 2.3882)
Luminance	0.0744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2A23 #23868D

analogous

#8D2351 #8D2A23 #8D5F23

triadic

#8D2A23 #238D2A #2A238D

tetradic

#8D2A23 #518D23 #23868D #5F238D

square

#8D2A23 #518D23 #23868D #5F238D

split-complementary

#8D2A23 #238D5F #23518D

monochromatic

#2B0D0B #5C1B17 #8D2A23 #BE392F #D55E55

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.44

#8D2A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8D2A23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2A23

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2A23	1.00	8.44	2.49	8.44
#FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463F21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5520

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0A29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 42, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.135 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66a5e',
    500: '#8d2a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2a23;
$custom-light: #b66a5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.962,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43648,
    "c": 0.13505,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2A23

secondary

#53B2B9

accent

#D9E344

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2A23

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

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