#8D2C23#8D2C23

#8D2C23 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.133 H 28.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2C23
RGB	rgb(141, 44, 35)
HSL	hsl(5, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(5, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 75.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.11, 40.48, 28.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.11, 49.50, 35.15°)
OKLab	oklab(43.89% 0.1165 0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(43.89% 0.133 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.1899, 7.5872, 2.4124)
Luminance	0.0759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2C23 #23848D

analogous

#8D234F #8D2C23 #8D6123

triadic

#8D2C23 #238D2C #2C238D

tetradic

#8D2C23 #4F8D23 #23848D #61238D

square

#8D2C23 #4F8D23 #23848D #61238D

split-complementary

#8D2C23 #238D61 #234F8D

monochromatic

#2B0D0B #5C1D17 #8D2C23 #BE3B2F #D56055

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#8D2C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8D2C23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2C23

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2C23	1.00	8.34	2.52	8.34
#FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474021

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5620

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B102B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 44, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.133 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66b5e',
    500: '#8d2c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2c23;
$custom-light: #b66b5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.094,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43885,
    "c": 0.13304,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2C23

secondary

#53B0B9

accent

#D6E344

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2C23

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

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