#8F2237#8F2237

#8F2237 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.144 H 14.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F2237
RGB	rgb(143, 34, 55)
HSL	hsl(348, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(348, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.2%, 61.5%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.39, 46.28, 15.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.39, 48.67, 18.02°)
OKLab	oklab(43.53% 0.1389 0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(43.53% 0.144 14.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.5906, 7.2614, 4.3523)
Luminance	0.0726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F2237 #228F7A

analogous

#8F226E #8F2237 #8F4322

triadic

#8F2237 #378F22 #22378F

tetradic

#8F2237 #6E8F22 #228F7A #43228F

square

#8F2237 #6E8F22 #228F7A #43228F

split-complementary

#8F2237 #228F43 #226E8F

monochromatic

#2C0A11 #5E1624 #8F2237 #C02E4A #D7556E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#8F2237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8F2237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F2237

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F2237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F2237	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)

#403E37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f2237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 34, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.144 14.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6676d',
    500: '#8f2237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f2237;
$custom-light: #b6676d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f2237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.44,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43533,
    "c": 0.14374,
    "h": 14.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F2237

secondary

#52BAA6

accent

#E5C643

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F2237

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

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