#8D3232#8D3232

#8D3232 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.124 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D3232
RGB	rgb(141, 50, 50)
HSL	hsl(0, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(0, 65%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 64.5%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.35, 38.62, 20.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.35, 43.83, 28.22°)
OKLab	oklab(44.89% 0.1138 0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(44.89% 0.124 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.7021, 8.1759, 3.9262)
Luminance	0.0817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D3232 #328D8D

analogous

#8D3260 #8D3232 #8D6032

triadic

#8D3232 #328D32 #32328D

tetradic

#8D3232 #608D32 #328D8D #60328D

square

#8D3232 #608D32 #328D8D #60328D

split-complementary

#8D3232 #328D60 #32608D

monochromatic

#331212 #602222 #8D3232 #BA4242 #CC6E6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.97

#8D3232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#8D3232 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D3232

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D3232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D3232	1.00	7.97	2.63	7.97
#FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B1F33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d3232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 50, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.124 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46f6a',
    500: '#8d3232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d3232;
$custom-light: #b46f6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d3232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44888,
    "c": 0.12413,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D3232

secondary

#68B3B3

accent

#D7D751

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D3232

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

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