#8E2333#8E2333

#8E2333 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.142 H 17.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2333
RGB	rgb(142, 35, 51)
HSL	hsl(351, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(351, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 64.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.24, 45.34, 17.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.24, 48.57, 21.02°)
OKLab	oklab(43.36% 0.1352 0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(43.36% 0.142 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.3552, 7.1937, 3.8693)
Luminance	0.0719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2333 #238E7E

analogous

#8E2369 #8E2333 #8E4923

triadic

#8E2333 #338E23 #23338E

tetradic

#8E2333 #698E23 #238E7E #49238E

square

#8E2333 #698E23 #238E7E #49238E

split-complementary

#8E2333 #238E49 #23698E

monochromatic

#2C0B10 #5D1721 #8E2333 #BF2F45 #D55669

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.61

#8E2333 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8E2333 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2333

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2333	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2333	1.00	8.61	2.44	8.61
#FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413E33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5430

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2333;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 35, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.142 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6676a',
    500: '#8e2333',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2333;
$custom-light: #b6676a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2333",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.028,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43359,
    "c": 0.14163,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2333

secondary

#53B9AA

accent

#E4CC44

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2333

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

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