#8E2125#8E2125

#8E2125 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.144 H 24.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2125
RGB	rgb(142, 33, 37)
HSL	hsl(358, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(358, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 73.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.75, 45.27, 25.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.75, 52.08, 29.65°)
OKLab	oklab(42.91% 0.1319 0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(42.91% 0.144 24)
XYZ	xyz(12.0345, 6.9739, 2.4623)
Luminance	0.0697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2125 #218E8A

analogous

#8E215C #8E2125 #8E5421

triadic

#8E2125 #258E21 #21258E

tetradic

#8E2125 #5C8E21 #218E8A #54218E

square

#8E2125 #5C8E21 #218E8A #54218E

split-complementary

#8E2125 #218E54 #215C8E

monochromatic

#2B0A0B #5C1518 #8E2125 #C02D32 #D75257

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.77

#8E2125 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8E2125 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2125

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2125	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2125	1.00	8.77	2.39	8.77
#FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413C24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5321

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2125;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 33, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.144 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7665f',
    500: '#8e2125',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2125;
$custom-light: #b7665f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2125",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.798,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42913,
    "c": 0.14439,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.06972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2125

secondary

#50BAB7

accent

#E5DF42

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2125

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

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