#8E223B#8E223B

#8E223B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.143 H 12.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E223B
RGB	rgb(142, 34, 59)
HSL	hsl(346, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(346, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 58.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.29, 46.26, 12.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.29, 47.86, 14.84°)
OKLab	oklab(43.45% 0.1397 0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(43.45% 0.143 12.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.5180, 7.2124, 4.8698)
Luminance	0.0721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E223B #228E75

analogous

#8E2271 #8E223B #8E3F22

triadic

#8E223B #3B8E22 #223B8E

tetradic

#8E223B #718E22 #228E75 #3F228E

square

#8E223B #718E22 #228E75 #3F228E

split-complementary

#8E223B #228E3F #22718E

monochromatic

#2B0A12 #5D1626 #8E223B #BF2E50 #D65472

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.60

#8E223B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8E223B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E223B

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E223B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E223B	1.00	8.60	2.44	8.60
#FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3E3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e223b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 34, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.143 12.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56770',
    500: '#8e223b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e223b;
$custom-light: #b56770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e223b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.111,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43445,
    "c": 0.14301,
    "h": 12.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E223B

secondary

#52BAA2

accent

#E4BF43

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E223B

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

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