#8E2139#8E2139

#8E2139 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.144 H 13.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2139
RGB	rgb(142, 33, 57)
HSL	hsl(347, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(347, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 59.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.11, 46.47, 13.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.11, 48.34, 16.01°)
OKLab	oklab(43.3% 0.14 0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(43.3% 0.144 13.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.4389, 7.1357, 4.5924)
Luminance	0.0713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2139 #218E76

analogous

#8E2170 #8E2139 #8E4021

triadic

#8E2139 #398E21 #21398E

tetradic

#8E2139 #708E21 #218E76 #40218E

square

#8E2139 #708E21 #218E76 #40218E

split-complementary

#8E2139 #218E40 #21708E

monochromatic

#2B0A11 #5C1525 #8E2139 #C02D4D #D75270

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65

#8E2139 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8E2139 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2139

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2139	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2139	1.00	8.65	2.43	8.65
#FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3D39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2139;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 33, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.144 13.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5666f',
    500: '#8e2139',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2139;
$custom-light: #b5666f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2139",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.789,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43303,
    "c": 0.14385,
    "h": 13.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2139

secondary

#50BAA3

accent

#E5C142

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2139

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

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