#8E221D#8E221D

#8E221D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.145 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E221D
RGB	rgb(142, 34, 29)
HSL	hsl(3, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(3, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 79.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.77, 44.57, 30.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.77, 54.10, 34.53°)
OKLab	oklab(42.9% 0.1279 0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(42.9% 0.145 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.9505, 6.9854, 1.8812)
Luminance	0.0698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E221D #1D898E

analogous

#8E1D50 #8E221D #8E5A1D

triadic

#8E221D #1D8E22 #221D8E

tetradic

#8E221D #508E1D #1D898E #5A1D8E

square

#8E221D #508E1D #1D898E #5A1D8E

split-complementary

#8E221D #1D8E5A #1D508E

monochromatic

#280A08 #5B1613 #8E221D #C12E27 #DA514B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.76

#8E221D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8E221D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E221D

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E221D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E221D	1.00	8.76	2.40	8.76
#FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433C1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5318

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e221d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 34, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.145 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7665a',
    500: '#8e221d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e221d;
$custom-light: #b7665a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e221d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.655,
    "s": 66.082,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.429,
    "c": 0.14454,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E221D

secondary

#4AB8BD

accent

#E1E93F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E221D

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

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