#8D3236#8D3236

#8D3236 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.124 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D3236
RGB	rgb(141, 50, 54)
HSL	hsl(357, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(357, 65%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 61.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.42, 38.91, 18.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.42, 42.99, 25.19°)
OKLab	oklab(44.97% 0.1155 0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(44.97% 0.124 21)
XYZ	xyz(12.7922, 8.2120, 4.4008)
Luminance	0.0821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D3236 #328D89

analogous

#8D3263 #8D3236 #8D5C32

triadic

#8D3236 #368D32 #32368D

tetradic

#8D3236 #638D32 #328D89 #5C328D

square

#8D3236 #638D32 #328D89 #5C328D

split-complementary

#8D3236 #328D5C #32638D

monochromatic

#331213 #602225 #8D3236 #BA4247 #CC6E72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.95

#8D3236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#8D3236 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D3236

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D3236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D3236	1.00	7.95	2.64	7.95
#FFFFFF	7.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A2034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d3236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 50, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.124 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46f6d',
    500: '#8d3236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d3236;
$custom-light: #b46f6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d3236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.363,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44967,
    "c": 0.12371,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.0821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D3236

secondary

#68B3B0

accent

#D7D151

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D3236

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

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