#8E212A#8E212A

#8E212A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.144 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E212A
RGB	rgb(142, 33, 42)
HSL	hsl(355, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(355, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 70.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.82, 45.52, 22.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.82, 50.86, 26.50°)
OKLab	oklab(43% 0.1339 0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(43% 0.144 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.1184, 7.0075, 2.9045)
Luminance	0.0701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E212A #218E85

analogous

#8E2161 #8E212A #8E4F21

triadic

#8E212A #2A8E21 #212A8E

tetradic

#8E212A #618E21 #218E85 #4F218E

square

#8E212A #618E21 #218E85 #4F218E

split-complementary

#8E212A #218E4F #21618E

monochromatic

#2B0A0D #5C151B #8E212A #C02D39 #D7525D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.75

#8E212A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8E212A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E212A

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E212A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E212A	1.00	8.75	2.40	8.75
#FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413C29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e212a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 33, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.144 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66663',
    500: '#8e212a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e212a;
$custom-light: #b66663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e212a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.046,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42995,
    "c": 0.14392,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E212A

secondary

#50BAB2

accent

#E5D842

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E212A

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

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