#8E222A#8E222A

#8E222A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.143 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E222A
RGB	rgb(142, 34, 42)
HSL	hsl(356, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(356, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 70.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.95, 45.16, 22.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.95, 50.61, 26.84°)
OKLab	oklab(43.09% 0.1327 0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(43.09% 0.143 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.1466, 7.0638, 2.9139)
Luminance	0.0706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E222A #228E86

analogous

#8E2260 #8E222A #8E5022

triadic

#8E222A #2A8E22 #222A8E

tetradic

#8E222A #608E22 #228E86 #50228E

square

#8E222A #608E22 #228E86 #50228E

split-complementary

#8E222A #228E50 #22608E

monochromatic

#2B0A0D #5D161B #8E222A #BF2E39 #D6545E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.71

#8E222A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8E222A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E222A

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E222A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E222A	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)

#413C29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5427

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e222a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 34, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.143 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66663',
    500: '#8e222a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e222a;
$custom-light: #b66663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e222a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.556,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4309,
    "c": 0.14299,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E222A

secondary

#52BAB2

accent

#E4D943

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E222A

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

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