#8E2126#8E2126

#8E2126 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.144 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2126
RGB	rgb(142, 33, 38)
HSL	hsl(357, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(357, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 73.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.76, 45.31, 25.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.76, 51.83, 29.04°)
OKLab	oklab(42.93% 0.1323 0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(42.93% 0.144 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.0504, 6.9803, 2.5462)
Luminance	0.0698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2126 #218E89

analogous

#8E215D #8E2126 #8E5321

triadic

#8E2126 #268E21 #21268E

tetradic

#8E2126 #5D8E21 #218E89 #53218E

square

#8E2126 #5D8E21 #218E89 #53218E

split-complementary

#8E2126 #218E53 #215D8E

monochromatic

#2B0A0B #5C1519 #8E2126 #C02D33 #D75259

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.77

#8E2126 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8E2126 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2126

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2126	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2126	1.00	8.77	2.40	8.77
#FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413C25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5322

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2126;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 33, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.144 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76660',
    500: '#8e2126',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2126;
$custom-light: #b76660;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2126",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.248,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42929,
    "c": 0.14428,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2126

secondary

#50BAB6

accent

#E5DE42

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2126

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

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