#8E232C#8E232C

#8E232C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.142 H 21.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E232C
RGB	rgb(142, 35, 44)
HSL	hsl(355, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(355, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 69%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.12, 44.91, 21.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.12, 49.91, 25.87°)
OKLab	oklab(43.22% 0.1324 0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(43.22% 0.142 21.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.2123, 7.1365, 3.1168)
Luminance	0.0713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E232C #238E85

analogous

#8E2362 #8E232C #8E4F23

triadic

#8E232C #2C8E23 #232C8E

tetradic

#8E232C #628E23 #238E85 #4F238E

square

#8E232C #628E23 #238E85 #4F238E

split-complementary

#8E232C #238E4F #23628E

monochromatic

#2C0B0E #5D171D #8E232C #BF2F3B #D55661

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65

#8E232C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8E232C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E232C

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E232C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E232C	1.00	8.65	2.43	8.65
#FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5429

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e232c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 35, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.142 21.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66765',
    500: '#8e232c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e232c;
$custom-light: #b66765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e232c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.953,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43222,
    "c": 0.1419,
    "h": 21.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E232C

secondary

#53B9B1

accent

#E4D644

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E232C

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

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