#8D3237#8D3237

#8D3237 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.124 H 20.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D3237
RGB	rgb(141, 50, 55)
HSL	hsl(357, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(357, 65%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 61%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.44, 38.98, 17.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.44, 42.80, 24.40°)
OKLab	oklab(44.99% 0.1159 0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(44.99% 0.124 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.8159, 8.2215, 4.5257)
Luminance	0.0822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D3237 #328D88

analogous

#8D3265 #8D3237 #8D5A32

triadic

#8D3237 #378D32 #32378D

tetradic

#8D3237 #658D32 #328D88 #5A328D

square

#8D3237 #658D32 #328D88 #5A328D

split-complementary

#8D3237 #328D5A #32658D

monochromatic

#331214 #602225 #8D3237 #BA4249 #CC6E73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.94

#8D3237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#8D3237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D3237

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D3237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D3237	1.00	7.94	2.64	7.94
#FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A2034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d3237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 50, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.124 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46f6d',
    500: '#8d3237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d3237;
$custom-light: #b46f6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d3237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.703,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44988,
    "c": 0.12363,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D3237

secondary

#68B3AF

accent

#D7D051

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D3237

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

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