#8E223C#8E223C

#8E223C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.143 H 11.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E223C
RGB	rgb(142, 34, 60)
HSL	hsl(346, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(346, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 57.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.31, 46.34, 11.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.31, 47.78, 14.09°)
OKLab	oklab(43.47% 0.1401 0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(43.47% 0.143 11.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.5442, 7.2229, 5.0077)
Luminance	0.0722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E223C #228E74

analogous

#8E2272 #8E223C #8E3E22

triadic

#8E223C #3C8E22 #223C8E

tetradic

#8E223C #728E22 #228E74 #3E228E

square

#8E223C #728E22 #228E74 #3E228E

split-complementary

#8E223C #228E3E #22728E

monochromatic

#2B0A12 #5D1627 #8E223C #BF2E51 #D65474

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.59

#8E223C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8E223C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E223C

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E223C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E223C	1.00	8.59	2.44	8.59
#FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3E3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C012D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e223c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 34, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.143 11.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56771',
    500: '#8e223c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e223c;
$custom-light: #b56771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e223c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.556,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4347,
    "c": 0.14311,
    "h": 11.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E223C

secondary

#52BAA1

accent

#E4BE43

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E223C

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

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