#8E152E#8E152E

#8E152E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.154 H 16.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E152E
RGB	rgb(142, 21, 46)
HSL	hsl(348, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(348, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.2%, 67.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.61, 49.37, 18.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.61, 52.75, 20.63°)
OKLab	oklab(42.12% 0.1471 0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(42.12% 0.154 16.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.9180, 6.4862, 3.2087)
Luminance	0.0648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E152E #158E75

analogous

#8E156B #8E152E #8E3815

triadic

#8E152E #2E8E15 #152E8E

tetradic

#8E152E #6B8E15 #158E75 #38158E

square

#8E152E #6B8E15 #158E75 #38158E

split-complementary

#8E152E #158E38 #156B8E

monochromatic

#23050B #590D1D #8E152E #C31D3F #E23B5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.14

#8E152E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8E152E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E152E

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E152E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E152E	1.00	9.14	2.30	9.14
#FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B382E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59512A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e152e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 21, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.154 16.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76266',
    500: '#8e152e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e152e;
$custom-light: #b76266;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e152e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.603,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42116,
    "c": 0.1536,
    "h": 16.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E152E

secondary

#3DC2A6

accent

#F1CA37

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E152E

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

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