#8E152D#8E152D

#8E152D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.154 H 17.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E152D
RGB	rgb(142, 21, 45)
HSL	hsl(348, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(348, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.2%, 68.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.59, 49.31, 19.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.59, 52.92, 21.29°)
OKLab	oklab(42.1% 0.1467 0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(42.1% 0.154 17.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.8985, 6.4784, 3.1061)
Luminance	0.0648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E152D #158E76

analogous

#8E156A #8E152D #8E3A15

triadic

#8E152D #2D8E15 #152D8E

tetradic

#8E152D #6A8E15 #158E76 #3A158E

square

#8E152D #6A8E15 #158E76 #3A158E

split-complementary

#8E152D #158E3A #156A8E

monochromatic

#23050B #590D1C #8E152D #C31D3E #E23B5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.15

#8E152D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8E152D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E152D

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E152D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E152D	1.00	9.15	2.30	9.15
#FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.15	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: #8e152d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 21, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.154 17.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76265',
    500: '#8e152d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e152d;
$custom-light: #b76265;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e152d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.099,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42096,
    "c": 0.1536,
    "h": 17.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E152D

secondary

#3DC2A7

accent

#F1CC37

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E152D

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

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