#8E232D#8E232D

#8E232D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.142 H 20.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E232D
RGB	rgb(142, 35, 45)
HSL	hsl(354, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(354, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 68.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.13, 44.97, 21.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.13, 49.69, 25.20°)
OKLab	oklab(43.24% 0.1328 0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(43.24% 0.142 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.2313, 7.1441, 3.2170)
Luminance	0.0714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E232D #238E84

analogous

#8E2362 #8E232D #8E4F23

triadic

#8E232D #2D8E23 #232D8E

tetradic

#8E232D #628E23 #238E84 #4F238E

square

#8E232D #628E23 #238E84 #4F238E

split-complementary

#8E232D #238E4F #23628E

monochromatic

#2C0B0E #5D171D #8E232D #BF2F3D #D55662

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65

#8E232D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8E232D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E232D

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E232D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E232D	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)

#413D2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C542A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e232d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 35, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.142 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66765',
    500: '#8e232d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e232d;
$custom-light: #b66765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e232d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.393,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4324,
    "c": 0.14183,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E232D

secondary

#53B9B0

accent

#E4D544

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E232D

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

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