#8E222F#8E222F

#8E222F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.143 H 19.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E222F
RGB	rgb(142, 34, 47)
HSL	hsl(353, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(353, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 66.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.04, 45.45, 19.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.04, 49.55, 23.49°)
OKLab	oklab(43.18% 0.1347 0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(43.18% 0.143 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.2418, 7.1019, 3.4150)
Luminance	0.0710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E222F #228E81

analogous

#8E2265 #8E222F #8E4B22

triadic

#8E222F #2F8E22 #222F8E

tetradic

#8E222F #658E22 #228E81 #4B228E

square

#8E222F #658E22 #228E81 #4B228E

split-complementary

#8E222F #228E4B #22658E

monochromatic

#2B0A0E #5D161F #8E222F #BF2E3F #D65464

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.68

#8E222F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8E222F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E222F

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E222F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E222F	1.00	8.68	2.42	8.68
#FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413D2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C542C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e222f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 34, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.143 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66767',
    500: '#8e222f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e222f;
$custom-light: #b66767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e222f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.778,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43181,
    "c": 0.1427,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E222F

secondary

#52BAAD

accent

#E4D143

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E222F

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

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