#8E2223#8E2223

#8E2223 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.144 H 25.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2223
RGB	rgb(142, 34, 35)
HSL	hsl(359, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(359, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 75.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.85, 44.82, 27.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.85, 52.38, 31.18°)
OKLab	oklab(42.98% 0.13 0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(42.98% 0.144 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.0321, 7.0180, 2.3109)
Luminance	0.0702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2223 #228E8D

analogous

#8E2259 #8E2223 #8E5722

triadic

#8E2223 #238E22 #22238E

tetradic

#8E2223 #598E22 #228E8D #57228E

square

#8E2223 #598E22 #228E8D #57228E

split-complementary

#8E2223 #228E57 #22598E

monochromatic

#2B0A0B #5D1617 #8E2223 #BF2E2F #D65455

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.74

#8E2223 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8E2223 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2223

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2223	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2223	1.00	8.74	2.40	8.74
#FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423C22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D531F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2223;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 34, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.144 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7665e',
    500: '#8e2223',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2223;
$custom-light: #b7665e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2223",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.444,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42979,
    "c": 0.14372,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2223

secondary

#52BAB9

accent

#E4E343

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2223

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

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