#8D3537#8D3537

#8D3537 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.120 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D3537
RGB	rgb(141, 53, 55)
HSL	hsl(359, 45%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(359, 62%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 61%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.98, 37.55, 18.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.98, 41.81, 26.09°)
OKLab	oklab(45.39% 0.1114 0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(45.39% 0.12 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.9484, 8.4864, 4.5699)
Luminance	0.0848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D3537 #358D8B

analogous

#8D3563 #8D3537 #8D5F35

triadic

#8D3537 #378D35 #35378D

tetradic

#8D3537 #638D35 #358D8B #5F358D

square

#8D3537 #638D35 #358D8B #5F358D

split-complementary

#8D3537 #358D5F #35638D

monochromatic

#341414 #612426 #8D3537 #B94648 #CA7274

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.79

#8D3537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#8D3537 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D3537

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D3537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D3537	1.00	7.79	2.70	7.79
#FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A2436

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d3537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 53, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.120 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4706d',
    500: '#8d3537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d3537;
$custom-light: #b4706d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d3537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.636,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45391,
    "c": 0.11999,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D3537

secondary

#6BB2B1

accent

#D5D253

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120807

muted

#817B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D3537

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

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