#8E232A#8E232A

#8E232A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.142 H 22.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E232A
RGB	rgb(142, 35, 42)
HSL	hsl(356, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(356, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 70.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.08, 44.80, 23.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.08, 50.36, 27.19°)
OKLab	oklab(43.19% 0.1316 0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(43.19% 0.142 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.1756, 7.1218, 2.9236)
Luminance	0.0712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E232A #238E87

analogous

#8E235F #8E232A #8E5223

triadic

#8E232A #2A8E23 #232A8E

tetradic

#8E232A #5F8E23 #238E87 #52238E

square

#8E232A #5F8E23 #238E87 #52238E

split-complementary

#8E232A #238E52 #235F8E

monochromatic

#2C0B0D #5D171B #8E232A #BF2F39 #D5565E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.66

#8E232A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8E232A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E232A

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E232A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E232A	1.00	8.66	2.42	8.66
#FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423D29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5427

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e232a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 35, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.142 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66763',
    500: '#8e232a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e232a;
$custom-light: #b66763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e232a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.075,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43187,
    "c": 0.14205,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E232A

secondary

#53B9B3

accent

#E4D944

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E232A

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

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