#8F232B#8F232B

#8F232B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.143 H 21.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F232B
RGB	rgb(143, 35, 43)
HSL	hsl(356, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(356, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 69.9%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.30, 45.18, 22.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.30, 50.55, 26.66°)
OKLab	oklab(43.39% 0.1329 0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(43.39% 0.143 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.3661, 7.2180, 3.0271)
Luminance	0.0722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F232B #238F87

analogous

#8F2361 #8F232B #8F5123

triadic

#8F232B #2B8F23 #232B8F

tetradic

#8F232B #618F23 #238F87 #51238F

square

#8F232B #618F23 #238F87 #51238F

split-complementary

#8F232B #238F51 #23618F

monochromatic

#2D0B0D #5E171C #8F232B #C02F3A #D65760

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.60

#8F232B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8F232B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F232B

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F232B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F232B	1.00	8.60	2.44	8.60
#FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5428

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f232b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 35, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.143 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76764',
    500: '#8f232b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f232b;
$custom-light: #b76764;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f232b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.556,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43389,
    "c": 0.14303,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F232B

secondary

#54BAB2

accent

#E4D844

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F232B

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

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