#8E2121#8E2121

#8E2121 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.145 H 25.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2121
RGB	rgb(142, 33, 33)
HSL	hsl(0, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(0, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 76.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.69, 45.08, 28.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.69, 53.17, 32.00°)
OKLab	oklab(42.86% 0.1304 0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(42.86% 0.145 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.9751, 6.9502, 2.1495)
Luminance	0.0695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2121 #218E8E

analogous

#8E2158 #8E2121 #8E5821

triadic

#8E2121 #218E21 #21218E

tetradic

#8E2121 #588E21 #218E8E #58218E

square

#8E2121 #588E21 #218E8E #58218E

split-complementary

#8E2121 #218E58 #21588E

monochromatic

#2B0A0A #5C1515 #8E2121 #C02D2D #D75252

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#8E2121 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8E2121 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2121

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2121	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2121	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)

#423B20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D531D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2121;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 33, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.145 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7665c',
    500: '#8e2121',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2121;
$custom-light: #b7665c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2121",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42855,
    "c": 0.14486,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2121

secondary

#50BABA

accent

#E5E542

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2121

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

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