#8E232B#8E232B

#8E232B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.142 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E232B
RGB	rgb(142, 35, 43)
HSL	hsl(356, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(356, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 69.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.10, 44.85, 22.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.10, 50.13, 26.53°)
OKLab	oklab(43.2% 0.132 0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(43.2% 0.142 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.1937, 7.1291, 3.0190)
Luminance	0.0713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E232B #238E86

analogous

#8E2361 #8E232B #8E5123

triadic

#8E232B #2B8E23 #232B8E

tetradic

#8E232B #618E23 #238E86 #51238E

square

#8E232B #618E23 #238E86 #51238E

split-complementary

#8E232B #238E51 #23618E

monochromatic

#2C0B0D #5D171C #8E232B #BF2F3A #D55660

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.66

#8E232B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8E232B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E232B

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E232B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E232B	1.00	8.66	2.43	8.66
#FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5428

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e232b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 35, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.142 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66764',
    500: '#8e232b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e232b;
$custom-light: #b66764;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e232b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.514,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43204,
    "c": 0.14197,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E232B

secondary

#53B9B2

accent

#E4D844

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E232B

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

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