#8E232F#8E232F

#8E232F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.142 H 19.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E232F
RGB	rgb(142, 35, 47)
HSL	hsl(353, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(353, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 66.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.17, 45.08, 19.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.17, 49.29, 23.83°)
OKLab	oklab(43.28% 0.1336 0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(43.28% 0.142 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.2708, 7.1599, 3.4246)
Luminance	0.0716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E232F #238E82

analogous

#8E2365 #8E232F #8E4D23

triadic

#8E232F #2F8E23 #232F8E

tetradic

#8E232F #658E23 #238E82 #4D238E

square

#8E232F #658E23 #238E82 #4D238E

split-complementary

#8E232F #238E4D #23658E

monochromatic

#2C0B0E #5D171F #8E232F #BF2F3F #D55664

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.64

#8E232F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8E232F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E232F

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E232F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E232F	1.00	8.64	2.43	8.64
#FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413D2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C542C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e232f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 35, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.142 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66767',
    500: '#8e232f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e232f;
$custom-light: #b66767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e232f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.271,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43278,
    "c": 0.14172,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E232F

secondary

#53B9AE

accent

#E4D244

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E232F

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

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