#8E212C#8E212C

#8E212C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.144 H 20.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E212C
RGB	rgb(142, 33, 44)
HSL	hsl(354, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(354, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 69%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.86, 45.63, 21.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.86, 50.42, 25.19°)
OKLab	oklab(43.03% 0.1347 0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(43.03% 0.144 20.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.1551, 7.0222, 3.0978)
Luminance	0.0702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E212C #218E83

analogous

#8E2163 #8E212C #8E4D21

triadic

#8E212C #2C8E21 #212C8E

tetradic

#8E212C #638E21 #218E83 #4D218E

square

#8E212C #638E21 #218E83 #4D218E

split-complementary

#8E212C #218E4D #21638E

monochromatic

#2B0A0D #5C151D #8E212C #C02D3B #D75260

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.74

#8E212C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8E212C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E212C

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E212C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E212C	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)

#403C2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5329

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e212c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 33, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.144 20.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66665',
    500: '#8e212c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e212c;
$custom-light: #b66665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e212c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.945,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4303,
    "c": 0.14379,
    "h": 20.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E212C

secondary

#50BAB0

accent

#E5D542

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E212C

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

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