#8E223D#8E223D

#8E223D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.143 H 11.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E223D
RGB	rgb(142, 34, 61)
HSL	hsl(345, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(345, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 57%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.33, 46.42, 11.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.33, 47.71, 13.35°)
OKLab	oklab(43.5% 0.1405 0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(43.5% 0.143 11.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.5709, 7.2335, 5.1482)
Luminance	0.0723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E223D #228E73

analogous

#8E2273 #8E223D #8E3D22

triadic

#8E223D #3D8E22 #223D8E

tetradic

#8E223D #738E22 #228E73 #3D228E

square

#8E223D #738E22 #228E73 #3D228E

split-complementary

#8E223D #228E3D #22738E

monochromatic

#2B0A13 #5D1628 #8E223D #BF2E52 #D65475

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.58

#8E223D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8E223D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E223D

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E223D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E223D	1.00	8.58	2.45	8.58
#FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A543A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B022D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e223d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 34, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.143 11.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56772',
    500: '#8e223d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e223d;
$custom-light: #b56772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e223d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43495,
    "c": 0.14322,
    "h": 11.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E223D

secondary

#52BAA0

accent

#E4BC43

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E223D

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

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