#8E221E#8E221E

#8E221E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.144 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E221E
RGB	rgb(142, 34, 30)
HSL	hsl(2, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(2, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 78.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.79, 44.61, 30.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.79, 53.80, 34.00°)
OKLab	oklab(42.91% 0.1282 0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(42.91% 0.144 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.9631, 6.9904, 1.9474)
Luminance	0.0699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E221E #1E8A8E

analogous

#8E1E52 #8E221E #8E5A1E

triadic

#8E221E #1E8E22 #221E8E

tetradic

#8E221E #528E1E #1E8A8E #5A1E8E

square

#8E221E #528E1E #1E8A8E #5A1E8E

split-complementary

#8E221E #1E8E5A #1E528E

monochromatic

#290A09 #5B1613 #8E221E #C12E29 #D9524D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.76

#8E221E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8E221E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E221E

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E221E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E221E	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)

#433C1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D531A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e221e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 34, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.144 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7665a',
    500: '#8e221e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e221e;
$custom-light: #b7665a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e221e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.143,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42912,
    "c": 0.1444,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E221E

secondary

#4CB8BC

accent

#E2E840

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E221E

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

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