#8E2225#8E2225

#8E2225 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.143 H 24.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2225
RGB	rgb(142, 34, 37)
HSL	hsl(358, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(358, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 73.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.88, 44.91, 25.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.88, 51.85, 29.99°)
OKLab	oklab(43.01% 0.1308 0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(43.01% 0.143 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.0627, 7.0303, 2.4717)
Luminance	0.0703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2225 #228E8B

analogous

#8E225B #8E2225 #8E5522

triadic

#8E2225 #258E22 #22258E

tetradic

#8E2225 #5B8E22 #228E8B #55228E

square

#8E2225 #5B8E22 #228E8B #55228E

split-complementary

#8E2225 #228E55 #225B8E

monochromatic

#2B0A0B #5D1618 #8E2225 #BF2E32 #D65458

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#8E2225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8E2225 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2225

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2225	1.00	8.73	2.41	8.73
#FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423C24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5321

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 34, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.143 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7665f',
    500: '#8e2225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2225;
$custom-light: #b7665f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.333,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43009,
    "c": 0.14348,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2225

secondary

#52BAB7

accent

#E4E043

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2225

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

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