#8E2233#8E2233

#8E2233 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.143 H 17.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2233
RGB	rgb(142, 34, 51)
HSL	hsl(351, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(351, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 64.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.11, 45.70, 17.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.11, 48.85, 20.69°)
OKLab	oklab(43.26% 0.1364 0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(43.26% 0.143 17)
XYZ	xyz(12.3262, 7.1357, 3.8596)
Luminance	0.0713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2233 #228E7D

analogous

#8E2269 #8E2233 #8E4722

triadic

#8E2233 #338E22 #22338E

tetradic

#8E2233 #698E22 #228E7D #47228E

square

#8E2233 #698E22 #228E7D #47228E

split-complementary

#8E2233 #228E47 #22698E

monochromatic

#2B0A10 #5D1621 #8E2233 #BF2E45 #D65469

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65

#8E2233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8E2233 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2233

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2233	1.00	8.65	2.43	8.65
#FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403D33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5430

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 34, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.143 17.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6676a',
    500: '#8e2233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2233;
$custom-light: #b6676a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.556,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43262,
    "c": 0.14263,
    "h": 17
  },
  "luminance": 0.07134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2233

secondary

#52BAAA

accent

#E4CB43

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2233

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

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