#8E233C#8E233C

#8E233C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.142 H 12.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E233C
RGB	rgb(142, 35, 60)
HSL	hsl(346, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(346, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 57.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.44, 45.98, 11.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.44, 47.47, 14.41°)
OKLab	oklab(43.57% 0.139 0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(43.57% 0.142 12)
XYZ	xyz(12.5732, 7.2809, 5.0174)
Luminance	0.0728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E233C #238E75

analogous

#8E2372 #8E233C #8E3F23

triadic

#8E233C #3C8E23 #233C8E

tetradic

#8E233C #728E23 #238E75 #3F238E

square

#8E233C #728E23 #238E75 #3F238E

split-complementary

#8E233C #238E3F #23728E

monochromatic

#2C0B13 #5D1727 #8E233C #BF2F51 #D55674

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.55

#8E233C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8E233C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E233C

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E233C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E233C	1.00	8.55	2.46	8.55
#FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3E3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C042D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e233c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 35, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.142 12.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56771',
    500: '#8e233c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e233c;
$custom-light: #b56771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e233c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.981,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43566,
    "c": 0.14206,
    "h": 12
  },
  "luminance": 0.07279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E233C

secondary

#53B9A2

accent

#E4BE44

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E233C

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