#8E142D#8E142D

#8E142D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.154 H 17.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E142D
RGB	rgb(142, 20, 45)
HSL	hsl(348, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(348, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.9%, 68.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.50, 49.56, 19.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.50, 53.11, 21.08°)
OKLab	oklab(42.03% 0.1475 0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(42.03% 0.154 17.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.8805, 6.4424, 3.1001)
Luminance	0.0644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E142D #148E75

analogous

#8E146A #8E142D #8E3814

triadic

#8E142D #2D8E14 #142D8E

tetradic

#8E142D #6A8E14 #148E75 #38148E

square

#8E142D #6A8E14 #148E75 #38148E

split-complementary

#8E142D #148E38 #146A8E

monochromatic

#23050B #580C1C #8E142D #C41C3E #E3395C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#8E142D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8E142D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E142D

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E142D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E142D	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)

#3B382D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e142d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 20, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.154 17.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76165',
    500: '#8e142d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e142d;
$custom-light: #b76165;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e142d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.705,
    "s": 75.309,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42032,
    "c": 0.15428,
    "h": 17.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E142D

secondary

#3CC2A6

accent

#F2CB36

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E142D

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

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