#8E152B#8E152B

#8E152B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.154 H 18.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E152B
RGB	rgb(142, 21, 43)
HSL	hsl(349, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(349, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.2%, 69.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.55, 49.20, 20.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.55, 53.29, 22.60°)
OKLab	oklab(42.06% 0.1459 0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(42.06% 0.154 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.8609, 6.4634, 2.9081)
Luminance	0.0646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E152B #158E78

analogous

#8E1568 #8E152B #8E3C15

triadic

#8E152B #2B8E15 #152B8E

tetradic

#8E152B #688E15 #158E78 #3C158E

square

#8E152B #688E15 #158E78 #3C158E

split-complementary

#8E152B #158E3C #15688E

monochromatic

#23050B #590D1B #8E152B #C31D3B #E23B5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#8E152B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8E152B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E152B

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E152B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E152B	1.00	9.16	2.29	9.16
#FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B382B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e152b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 21, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.154 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76264',
    500: '#8e152b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e152b;
$custom-light: #b76264;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e152b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.091,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42058,
    "c": 0.1536,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E152B

secondary

#3DC2AA

accent

#F1CF37

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E152B

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

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