#8D2B38#8D2B38

#8D2B38 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.132 H 16.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2B38
RGB	rgb(141, 43, 56)
HSL	hsl(352, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(352, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 60.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.30, 42.19, 15.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.30, 44.96, 20.23°)
OKLab	oklab(44.14% 0.1263 0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(44.14% 0.132 16.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.5634, 7.6777, 4.5610)
Luminance	0.0768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2B38 #2B8D80

analogous

#8D2B69 #8D2B38 #8D4F2B

triadic

#8D2B38 #388D2B #2B388D

tetradic

#8D2B38 #698D2B #2B8D80 #4F2B8D

square

#8D2B38 #698D2B #2B8D80 #4F2B8D

split-complementary

#8D2B38 #2B8D4F #2B698D

monochromatic

#2F0E13 #5E1D25 #8D2B38 #BC394B #CF6371

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.28

#8D2B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#8D2B38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2B38

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2B38	1.00	8.28	2.54	8.28
#FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B1530

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 43, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.132 16.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46b6e',
    500: '#8d2b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2b38;
$custom-light: #b46b6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.041,
    "s": 53.261,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44144,
    "c": 0.13189,
    "h": 16.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2B38

secondary

#5EB6AA

accent

#DDC94B

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2B38

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