#8E2329#8E2329

#8E2329 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.142 H 22.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2329
RGB	rgb(142, 35, 41)
HSL	hsl(357, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(357, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 71.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.07, 44.74, 23.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.07, 50.60, 27.84°)
OKLab	oklab(43.17% 0.1312 0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(43.17% 0.142 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.1579, 7.1148, 2.8305)
Luminance	0.0711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2329 #238E88

analogous

#8E235E #8E2329 #8E5323

triadic

#8E2329 #298E23 #23298E

tetradic

#8E2329 #5E8E23 #238E88 #53238E

square

#8E2329 #5E8E23 #238E88 #53238E

split-complementary

#8E2329 #238E53 #235E8E

monochromatic

#2C0B0D #5D171B #8E2329 #BF2F37 #D5565D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.67

#8E2329 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8E2329 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2329

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2329	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2329	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)

#423D28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5426

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2329;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 35, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.142 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66762',
    500: '#8e2329',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2329;
$custom-light: #b66762;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2329",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.636,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4317,
    "c": 0.14214,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2329

secondary

#53B9B4

accent

#E4DB44

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2329

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

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