#8E233A#8E233A

#8E233A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.142 H 13.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E233A
RGB	rgb(142, 35, 58)
HSL	hsl(347, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(347, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 59.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.39, 45.83, 13.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.39, 47.65, 15.90°)
OKLab	oklab(43.52% 0.1381 0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(43.52% 0.142 13.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.5213, 7.2601, 4.7442)
Luminance	0.0726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E233A #238E77

analogous

#8E2370 #8E233A #8E4223

triadic

#8E233A #3A8E23 #233A8E

tetradic

#8E233A #708E23 #238E77 #42238E

square

#8E233A #708E23 #238E77 #42238E

split-complementary

#8E233A #238E42 #23708E

monochromatic

#2C0B12 #5D1726 #8E233A #BF2F4E #D55671

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.57

#8E233A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8E233A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E233A

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E233A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E233A	1.00	8.57	2.45	8.57
#FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3E3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C022D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e233a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 35, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.142 13.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5676f',
    500: '#8e233a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e233a;
$custom-light: #b5676f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e233a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.103,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43517,
    "c": 0.14188,
    "h": 13.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E233A

secondary

#53B9A3

accent

#E4C144

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E233A

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

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