#8E112E#8E112E

#8E112E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.156 H 16.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E112E
RGB	rgb(142, 17, 46)
HSL	hsl(346, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(346, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 88%, 67.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.28, 50.30, 18.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.28, 53.48, 19.86°)
OKLab	oklab(41.88% 0.1501 0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(41.88% 0.156 16.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.8503, 6.3508, 3.1861)
Luminance	0.0635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E112E #118E71

analogous

#8E116C #8E112E #8E3211

triadic

#8E112E #2E8E11 #112E8E

tetradic

#8E112E #6C8E11 #118E71 #32118E

square

#8E112E #6C8E11 #118E71 #32118E

split-complementary

#8E112E #118E32 #116C8E

monochromatic

#21040B #570A1C #8E112E #C51840 #E7335D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.25

#8E112E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#8E112E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E112E

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E112E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E112E	1.00	9.25	2.27	9.25
#FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#39372E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#58502A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e112e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 17, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.156 16.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76066',
    500: '#8e112e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e112e;
$custom-light: #b76066;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e112e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.08,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41875,
    "c": 0.15623,
    "h": 16.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E112E

secondary

#38C2A2

accent

#F5C833

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E112E

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

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