#8E221F#8E221F

#8E221F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.144 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E221F
RGB	rgb(142, 34, 31)
HSL	hsl(2, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(2, 78%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 78.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.80, 44.65, 29.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.80, 53.51, 33.46°)
OKLab	oklab(42.93% 0.1286 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(42.93% 0.144 27)
XYZ	xyz(11.9761, 6.9956, 2.0158)
Luminance	0.0699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E221F #1F8B8E

analogous

#8E1F54 #8E221F #8E5A1F

triadic

#8E221F #1F8E22 #221F8E

tetradic

#8E221F #548E1F #1F8B8E #5A1F8E

square

#8E221F #548E1F #1F8B8E #5A1F8E

split-complementary

#8E221F #1F8E5A #1F548E

monochromatic

#2A0A09 #5C1614 #8E221F #C02E2A #D9534F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.75

#8E221F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8E221F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E221F

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E221F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E221F	1.00	8.75	2.40	8.75
#FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423C1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D531B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e221f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 34, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.144 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7665b',
    500: '#8e221f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e221f;
$custom-light: #b7665b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e221f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.622,
    "s": 64.162,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42925,
    "c": 0.14425,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.06994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E221F

secondary

#4DB8BB

accent

#E3E741

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E221F

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

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