#8E2227#8E2227

#8E2227 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.143 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2227
RGB	rgb(142, 34, 39)
HSL	hsl(357, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(357, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 72.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.91, 45.01, 24.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.91, 51.34, 28.76°)
OKLab	oklab(43.04% 0.1315 0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(43.04% 0.143 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.0949, 7.0432, 2.6417)
Luminance	0.0704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2227 #228E89

analogous

#8E225D #8E2227 #8E5322

triadic

#8E2227 #278E22 #22278E

tetradic

#8E2227 #5D8E22 #228E89 #53228E

square

#8E2227 #5D8E22 #228E89 #53228E

split-complementary

#8E2227 #228E53 #225D8E

monochromatic

#2B0A0C #5D1619 #8E2227 #BF2E35 #D6545A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#8E2227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8E2227 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2227

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2227	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)

#423C26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5323

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 34, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.143 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76661',
    500: '#8e2227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2227;
$custom-light: #b76661;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.222,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4304,
    "c": 0.14327,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2227

secondary

#52BAB5

accent

#E4DD43

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2227

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

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