#8E212D#8E212D

#8E212D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.144 H 20.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E212D
RGB	rgb(142, 33, 45)
HSL	hsl(353, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(353, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 68.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.87, 45.68, 20.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.87, 50.21, 24.52°)
OKLab	oklab(43.05% 0.1351 0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(43.05% 0.144 20)
XYZ	xyz(12.1742, 7.0298, 3.1980)
Luminance	0.0703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E212D #218E82

analogous

#8E2164 #8E212D #8E4B21

triadic

#8E212D #2D8E21 #212D8E

tetradic

#8E212D #648E21 #218E82 #4B218E

square

#8E212D #648E21 #218E82 #4B218E

split-complementary

#8E212D #218E4B #21648E

monochromatic

#2B0A0E #5C151D #8E212D #C02D3D #D75261

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#8E212D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8E212D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E212D

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E212D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E212D	1.00	8.73	2.41	8.73
#FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403C2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C532A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e212d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 33, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.144 20.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66665',
    500: '#8e212d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e212d;
$custom-light: #b66665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e212d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.394,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43048,
    "c": 0.14373,
    "h": 20
  },
  "luminance": 0.07028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E212D

secondary

#50BAAF

accent

#E5D342

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E212D

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

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