#8E2235#8E2235

#8E2235 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.143 H 15.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2235
RGB	rgb(142, 34, 53)
HSL	hsl(349, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(349, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 62.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.15, 45.83, 16.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.15, 48.55, 19.25°)
OKLab	oklab(43.31% 0.1372 0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(43.31% 0.143 15.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.3712, 7.1537, 4.0968)
Luminance	0.0715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2235 #228E7B

analogous

#8E226B #8E2235 #8E4522

triadic

#8E2235 #358E22 #22358E

tetradic

#8E2235 #6B8E22 #228E7B #45228E

square

#8E2235 #6B8E22 #228E7B #45228E

split-complementary

#8E2235 #228E45 #226B8E

monochromatic

#2B0A10 #5D1623 #8E2235 #BF2E47 #D6546B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.64

#8E2235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8E2235 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2235

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2235	1.00	8.64	2.43	8.64
#FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 34, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.143 15.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6676c',
    500: '#8e2235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2235;
$custom-light: #b6676c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.444,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43305,
    "c": 0.14265,
    "h": 15.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2235

secondary

#52BAA8

accent

#E4C843

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2235

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

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