#8E2234#8E2234

#8E2234 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.143 H 16.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2234
RGB	rgb(142, 34, 52)
HSL	hsl(350, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(350, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 63.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.13, 45.76, 16.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.13, 48.69, 19.97°)
OKLab	oklab(43.28% 0.1368 0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(43.28% 0.143 16.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.3485, 7.1446, 3.9770)
Luminance	0.0714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2234 #228E7C

analogous

#8E226A #8E2234 #8E4622

triadic

#8E2234 #348E22 #22348E

tetradic

#8E2234 #6A8E22 #228E7C #46228E

square

#8E2234 #6A8E22 #228E7C #46228E

split-complementary

#8E2234 #228E46 #226A8E

monochromatic

#2B0A10 #5D1622 #8E2234 #BF2E46 #D6546A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65

#8E2234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8E2234 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2234

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2234	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)

#403D34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 34, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.143 16.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6676b',
    500: '#8e2234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2234;
$custom-light: #b6676b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43283,
    "c": 0.14263,
    "h": 16.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2234

secondary

#52BAA9

accent

#E4CA43

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2234

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

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