#8E202B#8E202B

#8E202B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.145 H 20.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E202B
RGB	rgb(142, 32, 43)
HSL	hsl(354, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(354, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.5%, 69.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.72, 45.92, 21.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.72, 50.88, 25.52°)
OKLab	oklab(42.92% 0.1354 0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(42.92% 0.145 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.1092, 6.9601, 2.9908)
Luminance	0.0696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E202B #208E83

analogous

#8E2062 #8E202B #8E4C20

triadic

#8E202B #2B8E20 #202B8E

tetradic

#8E202B #628E20 #208E83 #4C208E

square

#8E202B #628E20 #208E83 #4C208E

split-complementary

#8E202B #208E4C #20628E

monochromatic

#2A090D #5C151C #8E202B #C02B3A #D8515E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#8E202B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8E202B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E202B

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E202B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E202B	1.00	8.78	2.39	8.78
#FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403C2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5328

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e202b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 32, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.145 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66664',
    500: '#8e202b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e202b;
$custom-light: #b66664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e202b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42919,
    "c": 0.14476,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E202B

secondary

#4FBBB0

accent

#E6D642

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E202B

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

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