#8E202A#8E202A

#8E202A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.145 H 21.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E202A
RGB	rgb(142, 32, 42)
HSL	hsl(355, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(355, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.5%, 70.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.70, 45.87, 22.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.70, 51.11, 26.17°)
OKLab	oklab(42.9% 0.135 0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(42.9% 0.145 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.0911, 6.9528, 2.8954)
Luminance	0.0695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E202A #208E84

analogous

#8E2061 #8E202A #8E4D20

triadic

#8E202A #2A8E20 #202A8E

tetradic

#8E202A #618E20 #208E84 #4D208E

square

#8E202A #618E20 #208E84 #4D208E

split-complementary

#8E202A #208E4D #20618E

monochromatic

#2A090C #5C151B #8E202A #C02B39 #D8515D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#8E202A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8E202A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E202A

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E202A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E202A	1.00	8.79	2.39	8.79
#FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403C29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e202a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 32, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.145 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66663',
    500: '#8e202a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e202a;
$custom-light: #b66663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e202a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.545,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42902,
    "c": 0.14483,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E202A

secondary

#4FBBB1

accent

#E6D742

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E202A

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