#8E222B#8E222B

#8E222B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.143 H 21.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E222B
RGB	rgb(142, 34, 43)
HSL	hsl(355, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(355, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 69.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.97, 45.22, 22.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.97, 50.39, 26.19°)
OKLab	oklab(43.11% 0.1331 0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(43.11% 0.143 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.1647, 7.0711, 3.0094)
Luminance	0.0707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E222B #228E85

analogous

#8E2261 #8E222B #8E4F22

triadic

#8E222B #2B8E22 #222B8E

tetradic

#8E222B #618E22 #228E85 #4F228E

square

#8E222B #618E22 #228E85 #4F228E

split-complementary

#8E222B #228E4F #22618E

monochromatic

#2B0A0D #5D161C #8E222B #BF2E3A #D6545F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#8E222B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8E222B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E222B

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E222B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E222B	1.00	8.70	2.41	8.70
#FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5428

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e222b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 34, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.143 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66664',
    500: '#8e222b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e222b;
$custom-light: #b66664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e222b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43107,
    "c": 0.14292,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E222B

secondary

#52BAB1

accent

#E4D743

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E222B

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

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