#8E2230#8E2230

#8E2230 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.143 H 18.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2230
RGB	rgb(142, 34, 48)
HSL	hsl(352, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(352, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 66.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.06, 45.51, 19.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.06, 49.36, 22.80°)
OKLab	oklab(43.2% 0.1352 0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(43.2% 0.143 18.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.2622, 7.1101, 3.5224)
Luminance	0.0711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2230 #228E80

analogous

#8E2266 #8E2230 #8E4A22

triadic

#8E2230 #308E22 #22308E

tetradic

#8E2230 #668E22 #228E80 #4A228E

square

#8E2230 #668E22 #228E80 #4A228E

split-complementary

#8E2230 #228E4A #22668E

monochromatic

#2B0A0F #5D161F #8E2230 #BF2E41 #D65465

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.67

#8E2230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8E2230 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2230

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2230	1.00	8.67	2.42	8.67
#FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403D30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C542D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 34, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.143 18.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66768',
    500: '#8e2230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2230;
$custom-light: #b66768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.222,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43201,
    "c": 0.14266,
    "h": 18.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2230

secondary

#52BAAC

accent

#E4D043

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2230

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

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