#8D2E38#8D2E38

#8D2E38 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.128 H 18.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2E38
RGB	rgb(141, 46, 56)
HSL	hsl(354, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(354, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 60.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.78, 40.88, 16.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.78, 43.97, 21.59°)
OKLab	oklab(44.5% 0.1221 0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(44.5% 0.128 18)
XYZ	xyz(12.6765, 7.9039, 4.5987)
Luminance	0.0790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2E38 #2E8D83

analogous

#8D2E68 #8D2E38 #8D542E

triadic

#8D2E38 #388D2E #2E388D

tetradic

#8D2E38 #688D2E #2E8D83 #542E8D

square

#8D2E38 #688D2E #2E8D83 #542E8D

split-complementary

#8D2E38 #2E8D54 #2E688D

monochromatic

#311013 #5F1F26 #8D2E38 #BB3D4A #CE6872

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.14

#8D2E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#8D2E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2E38

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2E38	1.00	8.14	2.58	8.14
#FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464338

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A1A32

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 46, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.128 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46c6e',
    500: '#8d2e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2e38;
$custom-light: #b46c6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.684,
    "s": 50.802,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44502,
    "c": 0.12838,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.07902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2E38

secondary

#62B5AC

accent

#DACB4E

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2E38

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

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