#8E2226#8E2226

#8E2226 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.143 H 23.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2226
RGB	rgb(142, 34, 38)
HSL	hsl(358, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(358, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 73.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.89, 44.96, 25.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.89, 51.59, 29.38°)
OKLab	oklab(43.02% 0.1312 0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(43.02% 0.143 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.0786, 7.0366, 2.5556)
Luminance	0.0703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2226 #228E8A

analogous

#8E225C #8E2226 #8E5422

triadic

#8E2226 #268E22 #22268E

tetradic

#8E2226 #5C8E22 #228E8A #54228E

square

#8E2226 #5C8E22 #228E8A #54228E

split-complementary

#8E2226 #228E54 #225C8E

monochromatic

#2B0A0C #5D1619 #8E2226 #BF2E33 #D65459

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#8E2226 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8E2226 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2226

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2226	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2226	1.00	8.72	2.41	8.72
#FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423C25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5322

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2226;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 34, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.143 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76660',
    500: '#8e2226',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2226;
$custom-light: #b76660;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2226",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.778,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43024,
    "c": 0.14337,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2226

secondary

#52BAB6

accent

#E4DF43

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2226

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

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