#8D3231#8D3231

#8D3231 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.124 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D3231
RGB	rgb(141, 50, 49)
HSL	hsl(1, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(1, 65%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 65.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.33, 38.55, 21.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.33, 44.06, 28.96°)
OKLab	oklab(44.87% 0.1134 0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(44.87% 0.124 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.6807, 8.1674, 3.8139)
Luminance	0.0817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D3231 #318C8D

analogous

#8D315E #8D3231 #8D6031

triadic

#8D3231 #318D32 #32318D

tetradic

#8D3231 #5E8D31 #318C8D #60318D

square

#8D3231 #5E8D31 #318C8D #60318D

split-complementary

#8D3231 #318D60 #315E8D

monochromatic

#321211 #602221 #8D3231 #BA4241 #CC6D6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.98

#8D3231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#8D3231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D3231

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D3231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D3231	1.00	7.98	2.63	7.98
#FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61582F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B1E33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d3231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 50, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.124 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46e69',
    500: '#8d3231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d3231;
$custom-light: #b46e69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d3231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.652,
    "s": 48.421,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44869,
    "c": 0.12426,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D3231

secondary

#66B3B4

accent

#D7D850

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D3231

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

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