#8E233B#8E233B

#8E233B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.142 H 12.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E233B
RGB	rgb(142, 35, 59)
HSL	hsl(347, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(347, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 58.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.41, 45.90, 12.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.41, 47.56, 15.16°)
OKLab	oklab(43.54% 0.1385 0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(43.54% 0.142 12.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.5470, 7.2704, 4.8795)
Luminance	0.0727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E233B #238E76

analogous

#8E2371 #8E233B #8E4123

triadic

#8E233B #3B8E23 #233B8E

tetradic

#8E233B #718E23 #238E76 #41238E

square

#8E233B #718E23 #238E76 #41238E

split-complementary

#8E233B #238E41 #23718E

monochromatic

#2C0B12 #5D1727 #8E233B #BF2F4F #D55673

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#8E233B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8E233B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E233B

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E233B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E233B	1.00	8.56	2.45	8.56
#FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3E3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C032D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e233b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 35, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.142 12.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56770',
    500: '#8e233b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e233b;
$custom-light: #b56770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e233b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.542,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43541,
    "c": 0.14197,
    "h": 12.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E233B

secondary

#53B9A3

accent

#E4C044

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E233B

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

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