#8D3540#8D3540

#8D3540 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.120 H 15.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D3540
RGB	rgb(141, 53, 64)
HSL	hsl(353, 45%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(353, 62%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 54.6%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.16, 38.29, 12.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.16, 40.41, 18.63°)
OKLab	oklab(45.59% 0.1152 0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(45.59% 0.12 15.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.1841, 8.5807, 5.8115)
Luminance	0.0858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D3540 #358D82

analogous

#8D356C #8D3540 #8D5635

triadic

#8D3540 #408D35 #35408D

tetradic

#8D3540 #6C8D35 #358D82 #56358D

square

#8D3540 #6C8D35 #358D82 #56358D

split-complementary

#8D3540 #358D56 #356C8D

monochromatic

#341418 #61242C #8D3540 #B94654 #CA727D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.73

#8D3540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#8D3540 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D3540

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D3540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D3540	1.00	7.73	2.72	7.73
#FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60593E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A2639

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d3540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 53, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.120 15.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37174',
    500: '#8d3540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d3540;
$custom-light: #b37174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d3540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.5,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45593,
    "c": 0.11962,
    "h": 15.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D3540

secondary

#6BB2AA

accent

#D5C553

background

#FBF7F7

surface

#F6EDED

border

#D0C8C8

text

#120808

muted

#817B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D3540

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

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