#8E142C#8E142C

#8E142C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.154 H 17.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E142C
RGB	rgb(142, 20, 44)
HSL	hsl(348, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(348, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.9%, 69%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.48, 49.50, 19.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.48, 53.29, 21.74°)
OKLab	oklab(42.01% 0.1471 0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(42.01% 0.154 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.8615, 6.4348, 2.9999)
Luminance	0.0643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E142C #148E76

analogous

#8E1469 #8E142C #8E3914

triadic

#8E142C #2C8E14 #142C8E

tetradic

#8E142C #698E14 #148E76 #39148E

square

#8E142C #698E14 #148E76 #39148E

split-complementary

#8E142C #148E39 #14698E

monochromatic

#23050B #580C1B #8E142C #C41C3D #E3395B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#8E142C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8E142C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E142C

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E142C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E142C	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B382C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e142c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 20, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.154 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76164',
    500: '#8e142c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e142c;
$custom-light: #b76164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e142c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.197,
    "s": 75.309,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42013,
    "c": 0.15427,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E142C

secondary

#3CC2A7

accent

#F2CD36

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E142C

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

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