#8D3038#8D3038

#8D3038 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.126 H 18.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D3038
RGB	rgb(141, 48, 56)
HSL	hsl(355, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(355, 66%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 60.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.12, 39.98, 16.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.12, 43.30, 22.57°)
OKLab	oklab(44.75% 0.1192 0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(44.75% 0.126 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.7565, 8.0639, 4.6254)
Luminance	0.0806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D3038 #308D85

analogous

#8D3066 #8D3038 #8D5730

triadic

#8D3038 #388D30 #30388D

tetradic

#8D3038 #668D30 #308D85 #57308D

square

#8D3038 #668D30 #308D85 #57308D

split-complementary

#8D3038 #308D57 #30668D

monochromatic

#321114 #5F2026 #8D3038 #BB404A #CD6B73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.04

#8D3038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#8D3038 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D3038

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D3038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D3038	1.00	8.04	2.61	8.04
#FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474438

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A1D33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d3038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 48, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.126 18.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46e6e',
    500: '#8d3038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d3038;
$custom-light: #b46e6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d3038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.839,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44752,
    "c": 0.12599,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D3038

secondary

#65B4AD

accent

#D9CD4F

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D3038

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

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