#8E152F#8E152F

#8E152F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.154 H 16.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E152F
RGB	rgb(142, 21, 47)
HSL	hsl(347, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(347, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.2%, 66.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.63, 49.42, 17.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.63, 52.58, 19.96°)
OKLab	oklab(42.14% 0.1475 0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(42.14% 0.154 16.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.9379, 6.4942, 3.3137)
Luminance	0.0649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E152F #158E74

analogous

#8E156C #8E152F #8E3715

triadic

#8E152F #2F8E15 #152F8E

tetradic

#8E152F #6C8E15 #158E74 #37158E

square

#8E152F #6C8E15 #158E74 #37158E

split-complementary

#8E152F #158E37 #156C8E

monochromatic

#23050C #590D1D #8E152F #C31D41 #E23B5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.14

#8E152F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8E152F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E152F

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E152F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E152F	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)

#3B382F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59512B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e152f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 21, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.154 16.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66267',
    500: '#8e152f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e152f;
$custom-light: #b66267;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e152f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.107,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42136,
    "c": 0.15362,
    "h": 16.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E152F

secondary

#3DC2A5

accent

#F1C937

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130606

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E152F

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

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