#8D2B31#8D2B31

#8D2B31 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.132 H 21.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2B31
RGB	rgb(141, 43, 49)
HSL	hsl(356, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(356, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 65.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.17, 41.70, 19.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.17, 46.18, 25.47°)
OKLab	oklab(44% 0.1233 0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(44% 0.132 21.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.4040, 7.6140, 3.7216)
Luminance	0.0761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2B31 #2B8D87

analogous

#8D2B62 #8D2B31 #8D562B

triadic

#8D2B31 #318D2B #2B318D

tetradic

#8D2B31 #628D2B #2B8D87 #562B8D

square

#8D2B31 #628D2B #2B8D87 #562B8D

split-complementary

#8D2B31 #2B8D56 #2B628D

monochromatic

#2F0E10 #5E1D21 #8D2B31 #BC3941 #CF636A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.33

#8D2B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8D2B31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2B31

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2B31	1.00	8.33	2.52	8.33
#FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E562E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B122E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 43, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.132 21.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56b69',
    500: '#8d2b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2b31;
$custom-light: #b56b69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.327,
    "s": 53.261,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43998,
    "c": 0.13217,
    "h": 21.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2B31

secondary

#5EB6B0

accent

#DDD44B

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2B31

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

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