#8E152A#8E152A

#8E152A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.154 H 18.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E152A
RGB	rgb(142, 21, 42)
HSL	hsl(350, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(350, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.2%, 70.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.54, 49.15, 21.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.54, 53.49, 23.25°)
OKLab	oklab(42.04% 0.1455 0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(42.04% 0.154 18.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.8428, 6.4562, 2.8126)
Luminance	0.0645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E152A #158E79

analogous

#8E1567 #8E152A #8E3D15

triadic

#8E152A #2A8E15 #152A8E

tetradic

#8E152A #678E15 #158E79 #3D158E

square

#8E152A #678E15 #158E79 #3D158E

split-complementary

#8E152A #158E3D #15678E

monochromatic

#23050A #590D1A #8E152A #C31D3A #E23B58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.17

#8E152A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8E152A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E152A

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E152A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E152A	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)

#3B382A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595126

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e152a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 21, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.154 18.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76263',
    500: '#8e152a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e152a;
$custom-light: #b76263;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e152a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.587,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4204,
    "c": 0.15362,
    "h": 18.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E152A

secondary

#3DC2AB

accent

#F1D137

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E152A

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

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