#8E212B#8E212B

#8E212B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.144 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E212B
RGB	rgb(142, 33, 43)
HSL	hsl(354, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(354, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 69.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.84, 45.57, 22.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.84, 50.64, 25.85°)
OKLab	oklab(43.01% 0.1343 0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(43.01% 0.144 21)
XYZ	xyz(12.1366, 7.0148, 3.0000)
Luminance	0.0701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E212B #218E84

analogous

#8E2162 #8E212B #8E4D21

triadic

#8E212B #2B8E21 #212B8E

tetradic

#8E212B #628E21 #218E84 #4D218E

square

#8E212B #628E21 #218E84 #4D218E

split-complementary

#8E212B #218E4D #21628E

monochromatic

#2B0A0D #5C151C #8E212B #C02D3A #D7525F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.74

#8E212B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8E212B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E212B

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E212B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E212B	1.00	8.74	2.40	8.74
#FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5328

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e212b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 33, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.144 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66664',
    500: '#8e212b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e212b;
$custom-light: #b66664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e212b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.495,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43012,
    "c": 0.14385,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.07013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E212B

secondary

#50BAB1

accent

#E5D642

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E212B

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

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