#8E2328#8E2328

#8E2328 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.142 H 23.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2328
RGB	rgb(142, 35, 40)
HSL	hsl(357, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(357, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 71.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.05, 44.69, 24.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.05, 50.84, 28.47°)
OKLab	oklab(43.15% 0.1308 0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(43.15% 0.142 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.1407, 7.1079, 2.7398)
Luminance	0.0711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2328 #238E89

analogous

#8E235E #8E2328 #8E5323

triadic

#8E2328 #288E23 #23288E

tetradic

#8E2328 #5E8E23 #238E89 #53238E

square

#8E2328 #5E8E23 #238E89 #53238E

split-complementary

#8E2328 #238E53 #235E8E

monochromatic

#2C0B0C #5D171A #8E2328 #BF2F36 #D5565C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.67

#8E2328 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8E2328 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2328

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2328	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2328	1.00	8.67	2.42	8.67
#FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423D27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5425

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2328;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 35, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.142 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66762',
    500: '#8e2328',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2328;
$custom-light: #b66762;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2328",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.196,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43154,
    "c": 0.14224,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2328

secondary

#53B9B5

accent

#E4DC44

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2328

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

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