#8E2135#8E2135

#8E2135 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.144 H 15.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2135
RGB	rgb(142, 33, 53)
HSL	hsl(349, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(349, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 62.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.03, 46.19, 15.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.03, 48.83, 18.93°)
OKLab	oklab(43.21% 0.1384 0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(43.21% 0.144 15.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.3431, 7.0973, 4.0875)
Luminance	0.0710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2135 #218E7A

analogous

#8E216C #8E2135 #8E4421

triadic

#8E2135 #358E21 #21358E

tetradic

#8E2135 #6C8E21 #218E7A #44218E

square

#8E2135 #6C8E21 #218E7A #44218E

split-complementary

#8E2135 #218E44 #216C8E

monochromatic

#2B0A10 #5C1522 #8E2135 #C02D48 #D7526B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.68

#8E2135 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8E2135 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2135

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2135	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2135	1.00	8.68	2.42	8.68
#FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2135;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 33, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.144 15.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6666c',
    500: '#8e2135',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2135;
$custom-light: #b6666c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2135",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.991,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43211,
    "c": 0.14364,
    "h": 15.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2135

secondary

#50BAA7

accent

#E5C742

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2135

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

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