#8E212F#8E212F

#8E212F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.144 H 18.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E212F
RGB	rgb(142, 33, 47)
HSL	hsl(352, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(352, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 66.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.91, 45.80, 19.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.91, 49.82, 23.16°)
OKLab	oklab(43.09% 0.1359 0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(43.09% 0.144 18.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.2136, 7.0456, 3.4056)
Luminance	0.0704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E212F #218E80

analogous

#8E2166 #8E212F #8E4A21

triadic

#8E212F #2F8E21 #212F8E

tetradic

#8E212F #668E21 #218E80 #4A218E

square

#8E212F #668E21 #218E80 #4A218E

split-complementary

#8E212F #218E4A #21668E

monochromatic

#2B0A0E #5C151F #8E212F #C02D3F #D75263

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#8E212F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8E212F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E212F

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E212F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E212F	1.00	8.72	2.41	8.72
#FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403C2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C532C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e212f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 33, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.144 18.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66667',
    500: '#8e212f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e212f;
$custom-light: #b66667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e212f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.294,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43087,
    "c": 0.14365,
    "h": 18.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E212F

secondary

#50BAAD

accent

#E5D042

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E212F

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

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