#8E223A#8E223A

#8E223A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.143 H 12.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E223A
RGB	rgb(142, 34, 58)
HSL	hsl(347, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(347, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 59.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.26, 46.19, 12.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.26, 47.95, 15.58°)
OKLab	oklab(43.42% 0.1393 0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(43.42% 0.143 12.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.4923, 7.2021, 4.7345)
Luminance	0.0720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E223A #228E76

analogous

#8E2270 #8E223A #8E4022

triadic

#8E223A #3A8E22 #223A8E

tetradic

#8E223A #708E22 #228E76 #40228E

square

#8E223A #708E22 #228E76 #40228E

split-complementary

#8E223A #228E40 #22708E

monochromatic

#2B0A12 #5D1626 #8E223A #BF2E4E #D65471

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.61

#8E223A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8E223A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E223A

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E223A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E223A	1.00	8.61	2.44	8.61
#FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3E3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e223a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 34, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.143 12.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5676f',
    500: '#8e223a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e223a;
$custom-light: #b5676f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e223a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.667,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43421,
    "c": 0.14292,
    "h": 12.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E223A

secondary

#52BAA3

accent

#E4C143

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E223A

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

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