#8E2231#8E2231

#8E2231 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.143 H 18.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2231
RGB	rgb(142, 34, 49)
HSL	hsl(352, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(352, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 65.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.07, 45.57, 18.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.07, 49.18, 22.10°)
OKLab	oklab(43.22% 0.1356 0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(43.22% 0.143 18.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.2830, 7.1184, 3.6324)
Luminance	0.0712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2231 #228E7F

analogous

#8E2267 #8E2231 #8E4922

triadic

#8E2231 #318E22 #22318E

tetradic

#8E2231 #678E22 #228E7F #49228E

square

#8E2231 #678E22 #228E7F #49228E

split-complementary

#8E2231 #228E49 #22678E

monochromatic

#2B0A0F #5D1620 #8E2231 #BF2E42 #D65466

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.67

#8E2231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8E2231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2231

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2231	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)

#403D31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C542E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 34, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.143 18.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66768',
    500: '#8e2231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2231;
$custom-light: #b66768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.667,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43221,
    "c": 0.14264,
    "h": 18.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2231

secondary

#52BAAB

accent

#E4CE43

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2231

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

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