#8E2122#8E2122

#8E2122 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.145 H 25.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2122
RGB	rgb(142, 33, 34)
HSL	hsl(359, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(359, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 76.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.71, 45.13, 27.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.71, 52.89, 31.43°)
OKLab	oklab(42.87% 0.1308 0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(42.87% 0.145 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.9893, 6.9558, 2.2244)
Luminance	0.0695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2122 #218E8D

analogous

#8E2158 #8E2122 #8E5721

triadic

#8E2122 #228E21 #21228E

tetradic

#8E2122 #588E21 #218E8D #57218E

square

#8E2122 #588E21 #218E8D #57218E

split-complementary

#8E2122 #218E57 #21588E

monochromatic

#2B0A0A #5C1516 #8E2122 #C02D2E #D75254

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#8E2122 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8E2122 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2122

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2122	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2122	1.00	8.78	2.39	8.78
#FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423C21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D531E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2122;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 33, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.145 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7665d',
    500: '#8e2122',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2122;
$custom-light: #b7665d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2122",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.45,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42869,
    "c": 0.14474,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2122

secondary

#50BAB9

accent

#E5E442

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2122

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

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