#8E142F#8E142F

#8E142F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.154 H 16.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E142F
RGB	rgb(142, 20, 47)
HSL	hsl(347, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(347, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.9%, 66.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.54, 49.67, 17.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.54, 52.77, 19.75°)
OKLab	oklab(42.07% 0.1483 0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(42.07% 0.154 16)
XYZ	xyz(11.9199, 6.4582, 3.3077)
Luminance	0.0646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E142F #148E73

analogous

#8E146C #8E142F #8E3614

triadic

#8E142F #2F8E14 #142F8E

tetradic

#8E142F #6C8E14 #148E73 #36148E

square

#8E142F #6C8E14 #148E73 #36148E

split-complementary

#8E142F #148E36 #146C8E

monochromatic

#23050B #580C1D #8E142F #C41C41 #E3395F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.17

#8E142F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8E142F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E142F

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E142F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E142F	1.00	9.17	2.29	9.17
#FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A382F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59512B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e142f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 20, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.154 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66167',
    500: '#8e142f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e142f;
$custom-light: #b66167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e142f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.721,
    "s": 75.309,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42073,
    "c": 0.15432,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.06456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E142F

secondary

#3CC2A4

accent

#F2C836

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130606

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E142F

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

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