#8E2228#8E2228

#8E2228 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.143 H 22.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2228
RGB	rgb(142, 34, 40)
HSL	hsl(357, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(357, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 71.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.92, 45.06, 24.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.92, 51.09, 28.13°)
OKLab	oklab(43.06% 0.1319 0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(43.06% 0.143 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.1117, 7.0499, 2.7301)
Luminance	0.0705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2228 #228E88

analogous

#8E225E #8E2228 #8E5222

triadic

#8E2228 #288E22 #22288E

tetradic

#8E2228 #5E8E22 #228E88 #52228E

square

#8E2228 #5E8E22 #228E88 #52228E

split-complementary

#8E2228 #228E52 #225E8E

monochromatic

#2B0A0C #5D161A #8E2228 #BF2E36 #D6545B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#8E2228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8E2228 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2228

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2228	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)

#423C27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5324

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 34, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.143 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66662',
    500: '#8e2228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2228;
$custom-light: #b66662;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.667,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43056,
    "c": 0.14317,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2228

secondary

#52BAB4

accent

#E4DC43

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2228

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

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