#8E2220#8E2220

#8E2220 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.144 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2220
RGB	rgb(142, 34, 32)
HSL	hsl(1, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(1, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 77.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.81, 44.69, 28.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.81, 53.22, 32.90°)
OKLab	oklab(42.94% 0.1289 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(42.94% 0.144 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.9895, 7.0010, 2.0862)
Luminance	0.0700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2220 #208C8E

analogous

#8E2055 #8E2220 #8E5920

triadic

#8E2220 #208E22 #22208E

tetradic

#8E2220 #558E20 #208C8E #59208E

square

#8E2220 #558E20 #208C8E #59208E

split-complementary

#8E2220 #208E59 #20558E

monochromatic

#2A0A09 #5C1615 #8E2220 #C02E2B #D85351

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.75

#8E2220 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8E2220 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2220

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2220	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2220	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)

#423C1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D531C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2220;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 34, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.144 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7665c',
    500: '#8e2220',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2220;
$custom-light: #b7665c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2220",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.091,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42938,
    "c": 0.14412,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2220

secondary

#4FB9BB

accent

#E3E642

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2220

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

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