#8E2137#8E2137

#8E2137 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.144 H 14.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2137
RGB	rgb(142, 33, 55)
HSL	hsl(348, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(348, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 61.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.07, 46.32, 14.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.07, 48.57, 17.48°)
OKLab	oklab(43.26% 0.1392 0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(43.26% 0.144 14.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.3900, 7.1161, 4.3348)
Luminance	0.0711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2137 #218E78

analogous

#8E216E #8E2137 #8E4221

triadic

#8E2137 #378E21 #21378E

tetradic

#8E2137 #6E8E21 #218E78 #42218E

square

#8E2137 #6E8E21 #218E78 #42218E

split-complementary

#8E2137 #218E42 #216E8E

monochromatic

#2B0A11 #5C1524 #8E2137 #C02D4A #D7526D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.67

#8E2137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8E2137 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2137

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2137	1.00	8.67	2.42	8.67
#FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 33, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.144 14.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5666d',
    500: '#8e2137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2137;
$custom-light: #b5666d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.89,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43256,
    "c": 0.14372,
    "h": 14.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2137

secondary

#50BAA5

accent

#E5C442

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2137

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

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