#8E2332#8E2332

#8E2332 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.142 H 17.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2332
RGB	rgb(142, 35, 50)
HSL	hsl(352, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(352, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 64.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.22, 45.27, 18.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.22, 48.74, 21.74°)
OKLab	oklab(43.34% 0.1348 0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(43.34% 0.142 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.3334, 7.1849, 3.7544)
Luminance	0.0718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2332 #238E7F

analogous

#8E2367 #8E2332 #8E4A23

triadic

#8E2332 #328E23 #23328E

tetradic

#8E2332 #678E23 #238E7F #4A238E

square

#8E2332 #678E23 #238E7F #4A238E

split-complementary

#8E2332 #238E4A #23678E

monochromatic

#2C0B0F #5D1721 #8E2332 #BF2F43 #D55668

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.62

#8E2332 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8E2332 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2332

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2332	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2332	1.00	8.62	2.44	8.62
#FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413D32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C542F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2332;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 35, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.142 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66769',
    500: '#8e2332',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2332;
$custom-light: #b66769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2332",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.589,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43338,
    "c": 0.14164,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2332

secondary

#53B9AB

accent

#E4CD44

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2332

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

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