#8E2229#8E2229

#8E2229 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.143 H 22.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2229
RGB	rgb(142, 34, 41)
HSL	hsl(356, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(356, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 71.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.94, 45.11, 23.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.94, 50.85, 27.49°)
OKLab	oklab(43.07% 0.1323 0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(43.07% 0.143 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.1289, 7.0568, 2.8208)
Luminance	0.0706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2229 #228E87

analogous

#8E225F #8E2229 #8E5122

triadic

#8E2229 #298E22 #22298E

tetradic

#8E2229 #5F8E22 #228E87 #51228E

square

#8E2229 #5F8E22 #228E87 #51228E

split-complementary

#8E2229 #228E51 #225F8E

monochromatic

#2B0A0C #5D161B #8E2229 #BF2E37 #D6545D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.71

#8E2229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8E2229 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2229

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2229	1.00	8.71	2.41	8.71
#FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413C28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5326

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 34, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.143 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66662',
    500: '#8e2229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2229;
$custom-light: #b66662;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.111,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43073,
    "c": 0.14307,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2229

secondary

#52BAB3

accent

#E4DA43

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2229

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

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