#8E2120#8E2120

#8E2120 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.145 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2120
RGB	rgb(142, 33, 32)
HSL	hsl(1, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(1, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 77.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.68, 45.04, 28.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.68, 53.45, 32.57°)
OKLab	oklab(42.84% 0.1301 0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(42.84% 0.145 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.9613, 6.9446, 2.0769)
Luminance	0.0694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2120 #208D8E

analogous

#8E2056 #8E2120 #8E5820

triadic

#8E2120 #208E21 #21208E

tetradic

#8E2120 #568E20 #208D8E #58208E

square

#8E2120 #568E20 #208D8E #58208E

split-complementary

#8E2120 #208E58 #20568E

monochromatic

#2A0A09 #5C1515 #8E2120 #C02D2B #D85251

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#8E2120 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8E2120 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2120

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2120	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2120	1.00	8.79	2.39	8.79
#FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423B1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D531C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2120;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 33, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.145 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7665c',
    500: '#8e2120',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2120;
$custom-light: #b7665c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2120",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.545,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42842,
    "c": 0.14498,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2120

secondary

#4FBABB

accent

#E5E642

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2120

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

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