#8E233D#8E233D

#8E233D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.142 H 11.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E233D
RGB	rgb(142, 35, 61)
HSL	hsl(345, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(345, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 57%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.46, 46.06, 11.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.46, 47.40, 13.65°)
OKLab	oklab(43.59% 0.1394 0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(43.59% 0.142 11.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.5999, 7.2915, 5.1579)
Luminance	0.0729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E233D #238E74

analogous

#8E2372 #8E233D #8E3F23

triadic

#8E233D #3D8E23 #233D8E

tetradic

#8E233D #728E23 #238E74 #3F238E

square

#8E233D #728E23 #238E74 #3F238E

split-complementary

#8E233D #238E3F #23728E

monochromatic

#2C0B13 #5D1728 #8E233D #BF2F52 #D55675

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#8E233D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8E233D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E233D

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E233D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E233D	1.00	8.54	2.46	8.54
#FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A543A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B042E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e233d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 35, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.142 11.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56772',
    500: '#8e233d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e233d;
$custom-light: #b56772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e233d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.421,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43591,
    "c": 0.14218,
    "h": 11.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E233D

secondary

#53B9A1

accent

#E4BD44

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E233D

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

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