#8D3238#8D3238

#8D3238 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.124 H 19.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D3238
RGB	rgb(141, 50, 56)
HSL	hsl(356, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(356, 65%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 60.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.46, 39.06, 17.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.46, 42.63, 23.61°)
OKLab	oklab(45.01% 0.1163 0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(45.01% 0.124 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.8401, 8.2311, 4.6532)
Luminance	0.0823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D3238 #328D87

analogous

#8D3265 #8D3238 #8D5A32

triadic

#8D3238 #388D32 #32388D

tetradic

#8D3238 #658D32 #328D87 #5A328D

square

#8D3238 #658D32 #328D87 #5A328D

split-complementary

#8D3238 #328D5A #32658D

monochromatic

#331214 #602226 #8D3238 #BA424A #CC6E74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.94

#8D3238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#8D3238 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D3238

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D3238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D3238	1.00	7.94	2.65	7.94
#FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A2035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d3238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 50, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.124 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46f6e',
    500: '#8d3238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d3238;
$custom-light: #b46f6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d3238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.044,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4501,
    "c": 0.12356,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D3238

secondary

#68B3AE

accent

#D7CE51

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D3238

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

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