#8D2B23#8D2B23

#8D2B23 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.134 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2B23
RGB	rgb(141, 43, 35)
HSL	hsl(5, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(5, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 75.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.95, 40.91, 28.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.95, 49.75, 34.69°)
OKLab	oklab(43.77% 0.1178 0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(43.77% 0.134 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.1531, 7.5136, 2.4001)
Luminance	0.0751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2B23 #23858D

analogous

#8D2350 #8D2B23 #8D6023

triadic

#8D2B23 #238D2B #2B238D

tetradic

#8D2B23 #508D23 #23858D #60238D

square

#8D2B23 #508D23 #23858D #60238D

split-complementary

#8D2B23 #238D60 #23508D

monochromatic

#2B0D0B #5C1C17 #8D2B23 #BE3A2F #D55F55

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.39

#8D2B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8D2B23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2B23

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2B23	1.00	8.39	2.50	8.39
#FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474021

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5520

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0D2A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 43, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.134 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66a5e',
    500: '#8d2b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2b23;
$custom-light: #b66a5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.528,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43766,
    "c": 0.13405,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2B23

secondary

#53B1B9

accent

#D7E344

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2B23

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

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